Nova Scotia Health

• Surgery wait list in Nova Scotia shrinking as procedures ramp up: Health Department

  The department says surgical teams across the province completed thousands more operations and procedures last year than before the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  May 19
  
• Nova Scotia says 148 nurses return to public health system after $10,000 bonus

  Nova Scotia's health minister Michelle Thompson says the nurses include retired, casual, and travel nurses who have agreed work for at least two years.

  Canada

  May 4
  
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• Nova Scotia bill targets medical paperwork, aims to reduce number of sick notes

  A provincial spokesperson said reducing the need for sick notes is expected to save 50,000 hours of physicians' time per year, freeing them up to focus on more important work.

  Health

  Mar 21
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• Nova Scotia man faces difficulties refilling opioid prescription, no primary care

  Confusion and misinformation within the health care system left a Halifax man waiting in the ER for three days, trying to refill his prescription.

  Health

  Mar 10
• N.S. woman who fought 4 years for cancer diagnosis urges others to be ‘persistent’

  For four years, doctors told Laura Landry-Rudolph the growing and painful rash on her inner thigh as 'chafing' or perhaps 'eczema.' It turns out it was a rare form of cancer.

  Health

  Mar 9
• Nova Scotia government pledges $37 million for rural health care institute

  Premier Tim Houston made the announcement at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., where the institute will be based.

  Health

  Mar 9
• Death of woman after 7-hour ER wait ‘not caused by negligence,’ N.S. health authority says

  The Nova Scotia Health Authority is requesting that a lawsuit over Allison Holthoff's death be dismissed, saying her death was not due to negligence on its part.

  Health

  Mar 7
• ‘Angry’ parents speak out on their daughter who froze to death on N.S. street

  Yuliya Andriychuk froze to death on a street in Dartmouth, after a mental breakdown just hours after dismissal from a mental health clinic, her parents say.

  Canada

  Mar 2
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• Family of N.S. woman who died after 7-hour ER wait suing health authority

  The family of Allison Holthoff, who died after a seven-hour wait at a Nova Scotia emergency room has launched a civil lawsuit against the province's health authority.

  Canada

  Feb 22
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• Nova Scotia Health says new technology will ‘modernize’ and improve cancer care

  The new Oncology Transformation Project (OTP) is bringing together key oncology information systems to create a single access point for cancer patients and their care teams.

  Health

  Feb 17