New Brunswick Health

• Couple is calling for better access to ADHD assessments as son waits and waits

  The New Brunswick couple has been trying to have their son assessed for ADHD without success and are calling for better access to these types of tests.

  Canada

  Apr 16, 2025
  
• Ontario reports spike in measles cases; 37 linked to an exposure in New Brunswick

  Public health officials say a cluster of measles cases in Ontario linked to an exposure in New Brunswick has grown to 37 cases.

  Health

  Dec 23, 2024
  
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• New Brunswick woman wants to get a strep A test. It’s proving to be difficult

  A New Brunswick woman says she has been unable to get testing for Group A streptococcus despite her numerous calls to pharmacies and after hour clinics.

  Health

  Feb 2, 2024
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• Family of Lexi Daken not confident coroner’s inquest will lead to changes in N.B. health care

  Details on the days leading up Lexi Daken's death in 2021 will be shared during an inquest Nov. 6-10 at the University of New Brunswick Law School in Fredericton.

  Health

  Jul 6, 2023
• Wait time for some N.B. surgeries on the rise, but numbers could drop in next few months

  The New Brunswick Health Council CEO noted that New Brunswick surgeons have been working extra hours to be able to clear the backlog of surgeries.

  Health

  Jul 5, 2023
• No more elected members as N.B. to appoint board of directors for health authorities

  New Brunswick has introduced legislation to create new boards of directors for the province's two health authorities in a bid to make the boards 'more manageable and focused.'

  Health

  May 9, 2023
• Fired N.B. health network CEO awarded record-breaking $2M in unjust dismissal case

  Dr. John Dornan says he was made a 'political scapegoat' after his firing in July 2022 following the death of a patient in a Fredericton emergency department.

  Health

  Feb 16, 2023
• New Brunswick health authority boasts about improvements in hospital services

  The president of one of New Brunswick's two major health authorities says staff recruitment and retention is the biggest concern faced by the organization.

  Health

  Feb 13, 2023
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• In crowded N.B. hospital, 88-year-old woman placed in supply room while waiting for nursing home

  Karen Totten photographed her mother lying in a supply room at the Saint John Regional Hospital, with a bed sheet hung up to give her some privacy.

  Health

  Dec 18, 2022
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• ‘Critical staff shortages’ force Horizon Health Network to reduce ER capacity

  The Horizon Health Network is asking people to 'consider their health care options' before going to an emergency department as hospitals grapple with 'critical' staff shortages.

  Health

  Nov 19, 2022