NS Health-care System

• 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.

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  Mar 9, 2023
  
• 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.

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  Mar 9, 2023
  
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• Doctors, nurses say health care funds should address staffing shortages, primary care

  Doctors and nurses in Nova Scotia say new federal money for health care must be spent on primary care and increasing staffing levels.

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  Feb 8, 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.'

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  Jan 24, 2023
• 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
• ‘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.

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  Dec 28, 2022
• Calls increase for Maritime governments to address staff shortages in health care

  Calls are increasing across the Maritimes for governments to tackle labour shortages in the health-care sector, as hospitals are being forced to close emergency rooms.

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  Jul 3, 2022