Nova Scotia ERs

• Paramedic 9-1-1: How N.S. is changing the way it dispatches ambulances

  A change to the system now sees consultation between on-scene paramedics and clinical staff at the medical communications centre, which results in health plans for patients.

  Health

  Jan 24, 2023
  
• N.S. unveils emergency room plan, nurse practitioners to deliver care in ERs

  The Nova Scotia government has unveiled a slate of actions to improve emergency care, after the stories of two women who died following long waits in ERs shook the province. 

  Canada

  Jan 18, 2023
  
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• 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