Sackville Memorial Hospital

• Community hopeful nursing program at Sackville, N.B. hospital means more nurses will stay

  Part of the Sackville Memorial Hospital is now serving as a training ground for nursing students as part of an accelerated nursing program being offered by a private university. 

  Health

  Jan 28, 2025
  
• Horizon Health Network launches tool to help families track surgery patients

  The new tool, which is based online, will allow a patient's family and designated support person to see where they are in the surgery process.

  Health

  Feb 8, 2023
  
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• Horizon considering restoring full-time ER to Sackville Memorial Hospital

  Sackville-Memramcook-Tantramar Rural Health Action Group says it's now a matter of when, not if, emergency services will resume at Sackville Memorial Hospital in New Brunswick.

  Health

  Jan 10, 2023
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• Horizon funding $6.4M in surgery resources at New Brunswick rural hospitals

  This will allow the health network to address the province's significant orthopedic surgery backlog, created due to many factors.

  Health

  Oct 14, 2022
• N.B. rural health action group concerned over dismissal of Horizon CEO John Dornan

  A community group advocating for better access to services at the Sackville Memorial Hospital is concerned that Dornan's firing will lead to further centralization in health care.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2022
• Volunteers create online recruitment campaign to attract doctors to Sackville, N.B.

  A project team has been developed in conjunction with community members to recruit health-care personnel to Sackville, N.B.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2022
• Sackville to Moncton: N.B. town councillor’s experience with weekend ER closure

  Sackville, N.B.'s ER is closed overnight on weekends due to the ongoing nursing and doctor shortage. It also was recently reported a family doctor is closing his practice

  Health

  Jul 23, 2021
• Sackville, N.B. hospital ER to close overnight on weekends due to nursing shortage

  There is no end date for when the overnight weekend ER closures will stop, but the Horizon Health Network hopes staffing levels can stabilize by the end of summer.

  Health

  Jun 11, 2021
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• 6 NB emergency departments to cutback hours: report

  "It's the small hospitals, it's the small communities that are feeling the brunt of all the cuts made by this government...”

  Politics

  Feb 10, 2020