New Brunswick Medical Society

• N.B. hospitals report a plateau in COVID-19 numbers

  According to the province’s two health authorities, New Brunswick may have passed the peak of COVID-19’s fifth wave.

  Health

  Apr 21
  
• Nearly 600 N.B. health-care workers off job due to COVID-19 as restrictions set to lift

  In New Brunswick, there are nearly 600 health-care workers off the job due to COVID-19, which has some unions representing workers worried.

  Health

  Mar 10
  
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• N.B. health minister says help coming for doctors

  New Brunswick's health minister says a standardized hospitalist program will help reduce pressure on family physicians across the province.

  Health

  Mar 1
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• COVID-19: New Brunswick Opposition leaders support move to Level 3

  New Brunswick steps closer to a province-wide lockdown than it’s been since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and officials are making their stance known.

  Politics

  Jan 14
• New Brunswick doctors brace for COVID-19 pandemic’s worst phase

  The COVID-19 Omicron variant is projected to peak in New Brunswick in the next few weeks, with thousands of new infections expected daily and 220 active hospitalizations.

  Health

  Jan 12
• New Brunswick hospitals struggling to provide timely care amid COVID-19 surge

  "Hundreds" of health-care workers are isolating at home due to COVID-19 protocols, according to a statement Thursday from the New Brunswick's Health Department.

  Health

  Jan 6
• New Brunswick health minister announces plan to link patients with primary care

  More than 40,000 New Brunswickers are waiting to be assigned to a primary care provider.

  Health

  Nov 15, 2021
• New Brunswick Medical Society reaches tentative agreement with government

  The province says until the agreement is ratified, no details about the contract will be provided.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2021
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• Horizon Health Network moves to ‘red alert’ level due to COVID-19 cases

  Horizon Health Network has moved to red alert level as its hospitals attempt to manage rising hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients.

  Health

  Oct 13, 2021
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• Any new New Brunswick COVID-19 restrictions will likely apply province-wide, premier says

  N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs says any new COVID-19 health measures will likely apply across the province rather than targeting a specific region or health zone.

  Health

  Sep 28, 2021