Nova Scotia Emergency Rooms

• Canada’s health-care system ‘on the ropes,’ warns N.S. premier amid ER deaths

  'There's no community in this country where the headline story is not about the health-care system,' says Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, after recent ER waiting room deaths.

  Health

  Jan 15, 2023
  
• CODE ZERO: Data shows Nova Scotia ERs closed 1,500 times in 2018

  There were 520 temporary emergency room closures in the first three months of 2019, the most recent data available — more than 2014, 2015 or 2016.

  Health

  Dec 20, 2019
  
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• CODE ZERO: N.S. health minister hopes new doctors’ agreement will combat growing ER closures

  Randy Delorey's comments come after Global News analyzed government reports and found a sharp increase in temporary emergency room closures in Nova Scotia.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2019
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• CODE ZERO: Rural Nova Scotians pushing to stop ER closures

  Lucy Anne MacNeil lives a block away from the Roseway Hospital in Shelburne, N.S. But when the ER closes, she must travel nearly an hour away to receive emergency care.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2019
• CODE ZERO: As ER closures climb Cape Bretoners ‘lose faith’ in Nova Scotia’s health system

  Patients are "incredibly frustrated" with the state of health care in Cape Breton and an increase in temporary ER closures isn't helping.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2019
• CODE ZERO: Temporary emergency room closures on the rise across Nova Scotia

  Between 2014 and the first quarter of 2018, just under half the ERs in Nova Scotia were forced to temporarily close, often due to a lack of staff.

  Investigations

  Dec 16, 2019
• ER spillover into hallways at Halifax hospital creating patient risk: study

  Staff at Atlantic Canada's largest hospital has had to perform CPR in elevators and hastily erect brown paper room dividers due to spillover from a crowded emergency department, says a union study.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2017
• More safety, security protocols coming to Nova Scotia emergency rooms

  The Nova Scotia government has accepted 12 recommendations for improving safety and security in emergency rooms in facilities across the province.

  Health

  Jan 20, 2017