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Overwhelmed ERs a symptom of health-care system …

(8 days ago) WEBTwo veteran medical professionals are warning that Nova Scotia’s health-care system is in need of sweeping changes, amid renewed scrutiny of the province’s overloaded emergency departments.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/emergency-rooms-crisis-doctor-expert-shortage-1.6713587

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N.S. health-care crisis reaching breaking point CTV …

(9 days ago) WEBPublished Dec. 9, 2022 2:03 p.m. PST. Share. An emailed letter to staff of a Halifax-area hospital says that the pressure on the emergency room has risen to the point where there's no space to

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/patients-leaving-overcrowded-nova-scotia-er-without-being-seen-managers-1.6188637

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Health care challenges persist in N.S. as government …

(8 days ago) WEBNova Scotia Health said people should still visit the emergency department at the QEII in case of an emergency, and call …

https://globalnews.ca/news/9269302/health-care-challenges-persist-nova-scotia/

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Nova Scotia health-care system will get worse before it gets better

(3 days ago) WEBShare. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston conceded Thursday things are likely to get worse for the health-care system before they improve. This comes days …

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/nova-scotia-health-care-system-will-get-worse-before-it-gets-better-premier-1.5950759

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N.S. premier says he’s ‘open to anything’ when it …

(3 days ago) WEBNova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Health Minister Michelle Thompson at a meeting of health-care sector leaders on Jan. 17, 2023. Provided/Province of Nova Scotia

https://globalnews.ca/news/9415635/ns-healthcare-partners-summit-halifax-er-crisis/

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Nova Scotia health care: Changes announced to …

(4 days ago) WEBThe 1st vice-president of the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union, which represents almost 15,000 people working in the acute health-care sector, expressed the same concern in a

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/nova-scotia-announces-sweeping-changes-to-alleviate-pressure-on-strained-ers-1.6235479

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Strategic Plan to Improve Healthcare in Nova Scotia

(6 days ago) WEBthe Province’s 2022-23 budget is focused on solutions for healthcare and increases healthcare spending by $413.4 million to $5.7 billion. measuring success is a …

https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2022/04/22/strategic-plan-improve-healthcare-nova-scotia

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At least two Nova Scotia women died after struggling …

(7 days ago) WEBThe website, Nova Scotia Healthcare Crisis, established by Charlene’s family, includes a number of stories, describing devastating scenes in hospital. “People laying on the floor, children

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/nova-scotia-health-care-crisis

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

(9 days ago) WEBAccording to Nova Scotia Health data, in 2018 Twin Oak’s emergency department was closed for 159 hours. Story continues below advertisement. In 2019 it …

https://globalnews.ca/news/9135362/inside-look-challenges-ns-rural-health-care/

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Province, Federal Government Partner to Improve Healthcare

(5 days ago) WEBQuick Facts: this funding is part of a 10-year, $198.6-billion investment by the federal government to improve healthcare services for Canadians; it includes $46.2 …

https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2024/01/10/province-federal-government-partner-improve-healthcare

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Action For Health

(8 days ago) WEBWhen you need healthcare in Nova Scotia, you have options. With services available at pharmacy clinics, mobile care clinics, urgent treatment centres, virtual care, senior care, …

https://actionforhealth.novascotia.ca/

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Suicidal and waiting 2 years for help. A look at N.S.'s - CBC.ca

(5 days ago) WEBNova Scotia toll-free mental health crisis line is available 24 hours, seven days a week and can be reached at 1-888-429-8167. (Shutterstock)In Keirstead's case, …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/suicidal-and-waiting-2-years-for-help-a-look-at-n-s-s-growing-mental-health-crisis-1.6281258

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Emergency room death highlights Canadian healthcare crisis

(1 days ago) WEBLast summer, many emergency rooms in rural communities shut down. In larger cities, people waited dozens of hours for emergency care. At Canada’s largest …

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/11/canada-healthcare-crisis-emergency-room-death

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Canada has a primary health-care crisis. Here’s the fix

(4 days ago) WEBBeginning immediately, we could develop and operationalize a master plan for 250 new primary-care teams or health homes — allocated across Ontario’s 444 …

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/canada-has-a-primary-health-care-crisis-heres-how-to-fix-it/article_a84ffbde-177f-11ef-90b6-7b06c0c0df03.html

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Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line

(7 days ago) WEBThe Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line provides crisis intervention for children, youth and adults experiencing a mental health crisis or mental …

https://mha.nshealth.ca/en/services/provincial-mental-health-and-addictions-crisis-line

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Nova Scotia Healthcare Crisis Group - Facebook

(1 days ago) WEBNova Scotia Healthcare Crisis Group. Public group. ·. 9.3K members. Join group. This Group is Paused. An admin paused this group on November 19, 2021. Just posting this …

https://www.facebook.com/groups/novascotiahealthcareincrisis/

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Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line Nova Scotia

(Just Now) WEBCall 1-855-429-8167. The Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line provides crisis intervention for children, youth and adults experiencing a mental health …

https://mha.nshealth.ca/en/provincialmhacrisisline

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Dal Solutions: Researcher tackling violence against women from …

(6 days ago) WEBCommunity health researcher Dr. Alexa Yakubovich is addressing Nova Scotia’s high rate of violence against women by embedding within IWK Health to work …

https://www.dal.ca/news/2024/05/14/dal-solutions-violence-against-women.html

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K-12 mental health care honored, while legislative focus stays on

(1 days ago) WEBAn ambitious package: Delaware lawmakers confront worsening mental health crisis for teens with these new bills. Impact: Over 100 Delaware schools have elevated lead …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/k-12-mental-health-care-honored-while-legislative-focus-stays-on-schools-education-roundup/ar-AA1byNs8

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Mental Health Awareness is Backfiring on Teens - The New York …

(1 days ago) WEBMedical groups declaring a “national emergency.”. The surgeon general calling for an “all of society” response to a “devastating” mental health crisis among …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/opinion/mental-health-awareness.html

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Nurses rally in Nova Scotia to demand government fix the broken …

(8 days ago) WEBThere are nearly 1,500 nursing vacancies in Nova Scotia currently, leading to longer wait times at hospitals across the province and forcing Nova Scotia Health to …

https://globalnews.ca/news/8199652/rally-nova-scotia-nursing-crisis/

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Amid cybersecurity crisis at Ascension hospitals, workflows are

(4 days ago) WEBAmid cybersecurity crisis at Ascension hospitals, workflows are disrupted. May 22, 2024 5:13 AM ET. Health care systems hold a lot of sensitive data on …

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/22/1252853931/amid-cybersecurity-crisis-at-ascension-hospitals-workflows-are-disrupted

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Nova Scotia's health care 'crisis' is Canada's crisis too

(4 days ago) WEBInez Rudderham, 33, posted a tearful video, challenging Nova Scotia's premier to admit there is a crisis in the province's health-care system after her cancer …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/doctor-shortage-cancer-video-nova-scotia-health-yarmouth-ontario-hospital-1.5113552

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The Conservatives treat social care as an afterthought

(Just Now) WEBFor too long, the Conservatives have treated social care as nothing more than an afterthought. Take January 2023. It was an NHS winter crisis like no other. We saw …

https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/healthcare/social-care/2024/05/conservatives-social-care-liberal-democrats-nhs-daisy-cooper

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Doctors are burned out and fear for future of health care in U.S

(5 days ago) WEBExclusive: Doctors hit their breaking point as 86% fear for the future of American medicine: ‘We are often stretched quite thin’. Many physicians are feeling …

https://fortune.com/well/2024/05/23/doctors-overworked-underpaid-doximity-survey-we-are-often-stretched-quite-thin/

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Why the mental health crisis feels stuck - Axios

(5 days ago) WEBWhy the mental health crisis feels stuck. COVID forced us to talk — a lot — about Americans' deteriorating mental health. Four years later, the scale of the problem …

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/24/mental-health-pandemic

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U.S. medical volunteers says the war is crippling hospitals in Rafah

(5 days ago) WEBThe two are members of a team of U.S. and U.S.-trained doctors who arrived in Rafah 10 days ago as part of a medical mission organized by the Palestinian …

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/05/10/1250490688/rafa-hospital-gaza-israel-war-middle-east

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The Colonial-Era Inequalities That Fuelled the New Caledonia Crisis

(1 days ago) WEBThe island territory is marked by deep disparities in education and employment, according to census data and experts on New Caledonia, despite equal …

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-05-23/the-colonial-era-inequalities-that-fuelled-the-new-caledonia-crisis

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Newfoundland and Labrador experiencing child-care crisis despite

(2 days ago) WEBThe child-care crisis in Newfoundland and Labrador—the worst accessibility of any province, attendance down 20 per cent in four years—is nothing for the Furey …

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/newfoundland-and-labrador-experiencing-child-care-crisis-despite-government-claims

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BC NDP leads polling with BC Conservatives hot on its heels

(8 days ago) WEBThe BC NDP currently trails the BC Conservatives among the province’s youngest voters (34 per cent) but leads among those aged 35 to 54 (38 per cent) and …

https://www.nsnews.com/economy-law-politics/bcs-2024-election-is-now-a-decidedly-competitive-race-poll-reveals-8761877

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Africa’s cholera crisis worsens amid extreme weather events

(2 days ago) WEBIn Southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late …

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/5/24/africas-cholera-crisis-worsens-amid-extreme-weather-events

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N.S. government working to launch mental health crisis response …

(4 days ago) WEBThe Nova Scotia government is in negotiations with an organization that would provide community-led, non-police crisis response services for mental health …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mental-health-crisis-response-brian-comer-1.7206527

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Early Diagnosis and Treatment of COPD and Asthma — A …

(1 days ago) WEBOf 38,353 persons interviewed, 595 were found to have undiagnosed COPD or asthma and 508 underwent randomization: 253 were assigned to the intervention group …

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2401389

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Baltimore’s Unprecedented Overdose Crisis: 5 Takeaways

(1 days ago) WEBMay 23, 2024, 5:01 a.m. ET. Baltimore has become the epicenter of the worst drug crisis ever seen in a major American city, an examination by The New York Times …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/us/baltimore-opioid-epidemic-od-takeaways.html

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