Nova Scotia Health Care Crisis

• Diabetic man waits hours for food at Halifax hospital, wife speaks out

  A Halifax-area woman is frustrated after her diabetic husband missed a meal during a stay at the Victoria General Hospital, and had another meal arrive several hours late.

  Health

  Sep 11, 2023
  
• As Ottawa plans to hike health funding, families say system doesn’t learn from errors

  After Ottawa said it would spend $46 billion on the country's health-care system, some say Canada's patchwork of quality-reviews systems need deep reforms.

  Health

  Feb 9, 2023
  
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• ‘The fear is real’: Residents of one N.S. town call for 24-hour emergency care

  Dozens of people gathered in front a hospital in Middleton, N.S., to raise concerns over the future of the region's only emergency department after ongoing closures.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2023
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• Paramedic speaks out about strain of ‘hallway medicine’ on front-line workers

  A Nova Scotia paramedic is speaking out about the conditions his profession is facing as paramedics are all too often caught up in 'hallway medicine.'

  Health

  Jan 24, 2023
• ‘I could be dying here:’ N.S. woman waits in severe pain for ambulance that never came

  A Nova Scotia woman is speaking out about her experience waiting for an ambulance, that never showed up, while she was in excruciating pain, she says.

  Health

  Dec 28, 2022
• ‘We’ve had enough’: Nurses’ union says N.S. hospitals reaching critical point

  'We’ve been saying this for years, and now it’s worse than ever, but we’ve had enough. We can’t take it anymore,' says Nova Scotia Nurses' Union president Janet Hazelton.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2021
• Man with diabetes dies in N.S. emergency room lobby while waiting for care

  Keith Harker died at the Cobequid Community Health Centre's emergency room after waiting two hours to be triaged.

  Health

  Aug 16, 2021
• Yarmouth, N.S. hoping to ‘level the playing field’ as it tries to attract doctors

  Many residents of Yarmouth and surrounding areas are without a family physician and those who are lucky enough to have one have to wait months to get an appointment.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2021
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• 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
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• Shortage of anesthesiologists in Yarmouth raises concern among pregnant women

  In recent months, Yarmouth Regional Hospital has struggled to ensure that expectant mothers in the area will have an anesthesiologist on hand for their deliveries.

  Health

  May 7, 2019