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.
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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.
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?
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
Nova Scotia judge signs off on OxyContin class-action settlement
A Nova Scotia judge has approved a settlement in the class-action lawsuit related to OxyContin, even as two people affected by addiction to the painkiller told the court Tuesday they were unhappy with the deal struck with the drug manufacturer. CBC | Health News
Wait list for family doctors in Nova Scotia hits 33,216
About 12.5 per cent of names of patients on a wait list in Nova Scotia have been sent to family doctors. But it’s not clear how many people have actually been taken on. CBC | Health News
Woman calls on Nova Scotia to update rules on breast reduction surgery
MSI will only pay for breast reduction surgery if a patient’s body mass index is 27 or less. CBC | Health News
New Brunswick thoracic patients won’t be accepted by Nova Scotia surgeons
Thoracic surgeons in Nova Scotia will not be accepting any patient referrals from New Brunswick, despite comments by Horizon Health Network officials and internal memos suggesting otherwise, says the division head of thoracic surgery at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Halifax. CBC | Health News
