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New collaborative health care centre coming to Dartmouth North …

WEBNew collaborative health care centre coming to Dartmouth North in 2024. Welcome to North Dartmouth sign on Nov. 1, 2023. Credit: Yvette d'Entremont. Although …

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Nova Scotians eligible for medical assistance in dying will soon …

WEBPushing the oral protocol. In November, Memorial University of Newfoundland medical ethics professor Daryl Pullman published an Impact Ethics piece …

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‘We have a mental health crisis in our province’

WEBThe province’s mental health and addictions team takes calls from people struggling with mental health or addiction concerns Monday to Friday from 8:30am to …

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Nova Scotia will soon award system-changing health record …

WEBBut after a tortuous and protracted process spanning seven years and three political parties, the Halifax Examiner has learned the Houston government is poised to …

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Epidemiologist: “there is a finish line and we are moving towards it”

WEBThe Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing.. With COVID-19 case numbers climbing …

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Nova Scotia hospitals move to fully computerized health records …

WEBThe Nova Scotia government is spending $364.5 million to buy a fully computerized clinical information system the health minister said “will transform the way …

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The NSHA's STI clinic is closed. What does that mean for people …

WEBThe now-closed NSHA clinic was drop-in, which made it relatively accessible, even if it required travel for many. Having the clinic closed puts extra pressure on other …

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Some Nova Scotians turning to 'Your Doctors Online' app for …

WEBWhen Debbie Smith’s daughter began struggling with some physical issues at the end of May, she brought her to see their family doctor. But the Cole Harbour mother …

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Resolving Nova Scotia's doctor shortage: more recruitment and …

WEBWith an election on the doorstep and 69,000 Nova Scotians now without a family doctor, how to encourage more family practitioners to set up shop in rural Nova …

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Calls to mental health crisis lines increase with each wave of the

WEBThe province’s mental health and addictions team takes calls from people struggling with mental health or addiction concerns Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to …

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Nova Scotia long COVID clinic struggles to find new doctor as …

WEBThe service that helps Nova Scotians faced with ongoing health issues following a COVID-19 infection is struggling to find a primary care provider to oversee its …

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Province announces new capital plan, including more hospital …

WEB‘This is about beds, beds, and beds’ Dr. Alex Mitchell, the vice-president responsible for clinical infrastructure with Build Nova Scotia, said once the in-patient …

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Nova Scotians can now vote for top ideas in health care challenge

WEBThe Houston government is letting Nova Scotians judge the top 10 ideas submitted by health care workers to improve the system. These ideas aren’t reforms, …

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Nova Scotia's family doctor shortage to persist

WEBFamily doctors who work in rural communities can earn a $125,000 bonus over five years. Yet despite these initiatives, the province’s net gain of family doctors …

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Nova Scotia's second busiest emergency department is dealing …

WEBThe chief of the province’s second busiest emergency department says record-breaking overcapacity issues are making it increasingly difficult for them to fill the …

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Paramedics' union says new emergency medical responder role an …

WEBEmergency medical responders will be trained to drive ambulances as well as assess and stabilize patients. Paramedics currently work in pairs, and the decision to …

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Bayers Lake outpatient clinic opening on Nov. 20

WEBThe Bayers Lake Outpatient Community Centre is scheduled to open November 20. The facility is one component of a multi-year redevelopment plan to close …

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Houston government announces emergency care changes; …

WEBHealth Minister Michelle Thompson and Nova Scotia Health president Karen Oldfield say there wasn’t anyone in the room on Tuesday during the health care summit …

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Liberal leadership candidate Randy Delorey made a whack of …

WEBLiberal leadership candidate Randy Delorey released a list of campaign promises today, a month before a virtual convention February 6 that will choose a new …

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