Nova Scotia Health Authority

• N.S. Health apologizes to N.B. woman after surgery abruptly cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols

  Jean Hussell was partially vaccinated from COVID-19 and followed the proper guidelines for her oral surgerl in Halifax, but her procedure was called off at the last minute.

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  Nov 19, 2021
  
• Some medical procedures ‘put on hold’ in N.S. hospitals amid high demand, staffing pressures

  Nova Scotia Health said due increased demand for hospital beds, many procedures will be postponed, although cancer and other time-sensitive surgeries will continue.

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  Sep 15, 2021
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• Substance being sold as Xanax contains unknown opioid: Nova Scotia Health

  The health authority is warning of overdose risk relating to Xanax Bars that may be sold in the Halifax Regional Municipality, South Shore, Bridgewater and Chester areas. 

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  Sep 2, 2021
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• A woman’s chronic pain, and how she says the N.S. health system is failing her

  “I feel like I have to take my life in my own hands because the hospitals and the surgeons, it's just too slow. I can't wait any longer,” says Becca Veinot.

  Health

  Sep 1, 2021
• COVID-19: N.S. reporting 1 new case from past 3 days

  That brings Nova Scotia's active case count to 13, and no hospitalizations.

  Health

  Jul 26, 2021
• COVID-19: N.S. reporting no new cases for 2nd day in a row

  There are now 22 active cases in the province. Of those, two people are in hospital, including one in ICU.

  Health

  Jul 15, 2021
• COVID-19: Nova Scotia reporting one death, 20 new cases

  "While our case numbers are declining, we cannot forget there are 42 Nova Scotians in hospital." 

  Health

  May 30, 2021
• Nova Scotia health-care workers steel themselves for influx of COVID-19 patients

  According to Nova Scotia Health, province-wide intensive care unit occupancy is at approximately 80 per cent as health-care workers prepare for an influx of COVID-19 patients.

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  Apr 30, 2021
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• Nova Scotia celebrates research milestone for patients with Fabry disease

  Nova Scotia is home to some of the world's first patients to receive an experimental gene therapy for treating Fabry disease and the newly-published study results are promising.

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  Feb 28, 2021
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• ‘Completely caught up’: Nova Scotia Health reports more than 6,700 cancer patients treated in 2020

  Nova Scotia Health treated more than 6,500 patients for cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and says all services in the cancer care program are on track in 2021.

  Health

  Jan 30, 2021