Innovation key to keeping healthcare in rural N.S. afloat

With more than 100,000 people on the family doctor waitlist in Nova Scotia, the pressure is mounting on emergency departments across the province. That pressure can be especially hard on rural hospital teams who are sometimes forced to turn patients away because of staff shortages. But as Alexa MacLean reports, resilience and innovation are the keys to keeping rural care afloat.

• An inside look at challenges facing Nova Scotia’s rural health-care teams