New Brunswick Er Closures

• N.B. community looks to avoid summer emergency room closures

  'I'm hoping that it'll be better, there can never be any guarantees,' Sussex Mayor Marc Thorne told Global News Monday afternoon.

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  May 1
  
• Blaine Higgs shuffles New Brunswick cabinet amid retreat from health-care cuts

  The appointments were announced Friday as the province's Tory government deals with the fallout from its aborted plan to close six emergency rooms overnight.

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  Feb 21, 2020
  
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• N.B. premier says roll-out of now-cancelled health-care reforms ‘not well thought out’

  'I am concerned by gaps that have been identified in the plan,' said New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs about the decision to halt healthcare reforms.

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  Feb 17, 2020
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• New Brunswick reverses plans to close ERs amid backlash

  "I can’t in good conscience move forward without addressing the concerns and fears that have been brought to light," said Higgs in a statement.

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  Feb 16, 2020
• ‘It’s going to be a nightmare’: Doctor calls on province to restore 24/7 emergency room

  Dr. LeBlanc says if patients in the region have to travel 45 minutes to an hour to get emergency care in Moncton or Miramichi, people's lives could be at risk.

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  Feb 14, 2020