10,000 march for N.S healthcare

31/08/2021

https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/doctor-nurse-shortages-causing-er-closures-impact-on-services-in-cape-breton-100628804/ #.YS5oGoqkdbA.facebook

Health officials say physician vacancies are not the only reason for emergency department closures but significant nurse shortages province-wide have been an issue as well, including at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. “Most of the emergency

16/08/2021

Keith Harker died at the Cobequid Community Health Centre's emergency room after waiting two hours to be triaged.

15/08/2021

SIMONE HARKER • Guest Opinion After recently reading Anne MacPhee’s heartbreaking story of losing her husband while waiting over 40 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, I realized that I, too, must share my story. This is becoming

14/08/2021

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/we-re-not-going-back-doctors-give-high-marks-to-virtual-appointments-1.5544865

Virtual doctor appointments grew exponentially during the pandemic and a new survey from the Canadian Medical Association and Canada Health Infoway suggests they are a success.

14/08/2021

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-government-mandatory-vaccinations-1.6140131

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced today that the federal government will soon require that all public servants be vaccinated — a mandate that he said will also be implemented by Crown corporations and other federally regulated businesses in the coming weeks.

11/08/2021

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-nurse-shortage-1.6104496

Nova Scotia Health is in "crisis mode" as it furiously tries to fill hundreds of shifts left empty by nurses across the province who are either leaving for temporary positions at public health clinics or outright quitting, a union leader says.

11/08/2021

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/routine-vaccinations-children-family-doctors-1.6136636

A father on the South Shore is worried that infants without a family doctor are waiting too long for routine vaccinations against illnesses like measles, polio, and whooping cough.

11/08/2021

17/07/2021

Might soon be time to protest. 42k in rant rooms not enough people care about our health care crisis. We are not a defeated people. It's time for a change. It's time to show the government we care.

Nova Scotia Health says larger numbers of patients are expected to visit emergency rooms during summer, causing longer wait times.

17/06/2021

A Halifax family whose 19-year-old son died of meningitis are left with questions about what might have happened if he’d had the right medical attention sooner. Kai Matthews died less than two days after he first began showing symptoms.

02/06/2021

The true North strong and free? If this is permanent, say goodbye to protesting the health care crisis peacefully in the future....our rights are gone. Protests are or was a human right, they are now illegal. This isn't just about the vaccine. This is about our health care. Once the pandemic is said and done, Protesting the health care crisis in nova scotia will be illegal too.

01/06/2021

https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/opinion/local-perspectives/letter-cape-breton-health-care-woes-lead-to-questions-100594390/

I wanted to share my thoughts on private-versus-public health care. Across Canada, we have health care provided to all as a public service. Nova Scotia, in particular, has been struggling with keeping doctors, and receiving adequate equipment

27/04/2021

https://www.facebook.com/213793269065/posts/10159769057114066/

The Sydney Family Practice walk-in clinic not only needs a cure for financial ailments but also for the lack of doctors there. “It’s a hard call trying to recruit peop...

19/04/2021

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sydney-walk-in-clinic-closing-1.5991286

A doctor at one of the few walk-in clinics in Sydney says the service will end this month unless Nova Scotia's health authority provides some help with operating costs.

10/03/2021

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/7662309/nova-scotia-liberals-ndp-national-pharmacare/amp/

The only Liberal member of Parliament from the Maritimes to support C-213 was Wayne Long, representing Saint John-Rothesay in New Brunswick.

03/03/2021

This is unacceptable!

Since Feb. 11, the union representing Nova Scotia's paramedics has reported at least 40 'Code Critical' instances where not enough paramedics were locally available.