Dave Doucette’s harrowing experience of being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer after multiple visits to the emergency department should be a wake up call, say Nova Scotia opposition leaders.
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Nova Scotia should investigate whether faulty hair test for drugs tore families apart: lawyer
Nova Scotia’s Department of Community Services used faulty drug tests for years in hundreds of child protection cases, but the minister says the department will only review cases if families request it.
Nova Scotia sets up program to help pay for take-home cancer drugs
Nova Scotia has launched a program to help pay for high deductibles and co-payments for cancer patients who take medication for their illness outside of hospital settings.
Nova Scotia doctor losses snowballing each year, figures show
A CBC News analysis has found Nova Scotia doctors are leaving for other provinces at an accelerating pace, and stemming the outflow could cost tens of millions in salary increases.
‘All hands on deck’: Nova Scotia’s new physician recruiters playing catch-up
For five years in a row, Nova Scotia has seen more doctors leave than arrive. The pressure is on for a newly hired recruiting team to turn the loss into a positive, but the team has work to do to catch up with the rest of the country.
A clinic that opened in 1971 is the future of Nova Scotia health care
The North End Community Health Centre in Halifax uses equality, not hierarchy to treat patients. Doctors work in a team with nurses, a social worker and a nutritionist.
‘Why would you come?’ Nova Scotia family doctors the worst paid in the country
As Nova Scotia struggles to recruit and retain family doctors, it continues to pay those already here less than their counterparts elsewhere in Canada. Is it time to change the compensation model?
New Nova miniseries will explore puzzling science mysteries
The Boston public access station WGBH has partnered with PBS for another short series in its long-running Nova family of programs. Nova Wonder will follow three researchers exploring big scientific mysteries. The first of the miniseries’ six episodes airs on PBS on Wednesday, April 28th, with a new one every week. Each episode tackles a […]
Nova Scotia women will no longer need doctor’s referral for abortions
The province announced Friday that women will soon be able to book an abortion directly at the QEII Health Sciences Centre. The government will also cover the cost of the abortion pill for women who want to terminate early pregnancies. CBC | Health News
Nova Scotia doctor disciplined in ‘death by 1,000 laxatives’ case
A doctor in Windsor, N.S., treated Isabel Palmeter’s intense abdominal pain as constipation until physicians in Halifax discovered a cancerous tumour. CBC | Health News
