Nova Scotia Health Care Crisis
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Diabetic man waits hours for food at Halifax hospital, wife speaks outA 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.HealthSep 11, 2023
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As Ottawa plans to hike health funding, families say system doesn’t learn from errorsAfter 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.HealthFeb 9, 2023
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‘The fear is real’: Residents of one N.S. town call for 24-hour emergency careDozens 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.CanadaJan 31, 2023
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Paramedic speaks out about strain of ‘hallway medicine’ on front-line workersA Nova Scotia paramedic is speaking out about the conditions his profession is facing as paramedics are all too often caught up in 'hallway medicine.'HealthJan 24, 2023
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‘I could be dying here:’ N.S. woman waits in severe pain for ambulance that never cameA 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.HealthDec 28, 2022
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‘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.CanadaSep 16, 2021
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Man with diabetes dies in N.S. emergency room lobby while waiting for careKeith Harker died at the Cobequid Community Health Centre's emergency room after waiting two hours to be triaged.HealthAug 16, 2021
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Yarmouth, N.S. hoping to ‘level the playing field’ as it tries to attract doctorsMany 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.CanadaAug 11, 2021
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CODE ZERO: Temporary emergency room closures on the rise across Nova ScotiaBetween 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.InvestigationsDec 16, 2019
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Shortage of anesthesiologists in Yarmouth raises concern among pregnant womenIn recent months, Yarmouth Regional Hospital has struggled to ensure that expectant mothers in the area will have an anesthesiologist on hand for their deliveries.HealthMay 7, 2019
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