Nova Scotia Health Care System

• N.S. health advocate wonders ‘when is the breaking point’ after ER death

  The death of a N.S. woman who waited seven hours at an emergency department was unfortunately 'bound to happen' with the province's current health-care crisis, one advocate says.

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  Jan 10, 2023
  
• N.S. woman dies after waiting 7 hours in hospital ER, family demands answers

  The husband of a Nova Scotia woman who died after a seven-hour wait at the emergency department in Cumberland County said he felt they were 'neglected' until it was too late.

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  Jan 9, 2023
  
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• New Doctors N.S. president on burnout, backlogs and embracing virtual care

  The new president of Doctors Nova Scotia says there are many problems facing the province’s health-care system which need to be addressed from multiple angles.

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  Jun 6, 2022
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• Nova Scotia plan to address challenges in health system panned for lacking detail

  The highly anticipated plan for reforming Nova Scotia's ailing health system is 'nothing new' and lacks detail, opposition parties said Friday.

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  Apr 22, 2022
• 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.

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  Sep 1, 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