Work on the next phase of a project to add a fire sprinkler system to the New Waterford Consolidated Hospital will begin in the coming weeks. In preparation for the work that will need to be done, the hospital’s emergency department (ED) will temporarily close starting Friday, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. The ED will reopen when the work is completed, which is expected to be in the new year.
Grade 12 student Lilly Hutchinson credits Millwood High School’s Levelling the Playing Field initiative with motivating her to get her lifeguard certification.
Radiation is an important treatment for many cancers. Join cancer specialists this Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10:30 a.m. until noon inside Paul O'Regan Hall at the Halifax Central Library for a free information session called Radiotherapy to Control Cancer. Learn about radiation therapy, its many benefits and the latest treatments available in Nova Scotia, from both local and national experts.
Twenty-five local university students will receive Diversity in Health Care Bursaries, funded by the QEII Foundation, from Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Central Zone, at a special celebration set for this Wednesday, Oct. 2. The $1,000 bursary is earmarked for students who are African Nova Scotian, Indigenous, immigrants, members of the LGBTQ2S+ community and/or persons with a disability. The selection of students was based on community involvement, financial need, educational goals and field of study.
"I cannot thank the Community Health Team enough for all that you have done for me over the last several months. I had given up on my life and had no control over most things in it."
Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) reminds the public that work to improve parking at Dartmouth General Hospital (DGH) is still underway. Please visit www.nshealth.ca/dgh for more information.
Work on the hospital’s electrical system will limit services and visiting at Glace Bay Hospital on Saturday, Sept. 28. To complete work on the system, a power shutdown is planned for Saturday at the hospital. The shutdown is expected to start at 8 a.m. and last about 10 hours. The work being done during the shutdown will connect the diagnostic imaging (x-ray) department and the satellite renal dialysis unit area to the hospital’s emergency power panel.
“She came not wanting to stay; and left not wanting to leave.”
This is how Karen Myers described the shift in her daughter Abbie after the 13-year-old from Kings County, N.S., attended Girls on SnowBoards – a spin-off of Girls on Boards.
The first thing Jim Swetland did when he retired in 2017 was buy a house and move from Montreal, Que. to Amherst, N.S. The second thing he did was contact Volunteer Services at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre (CRHCC). "We might not all be able to make monetary donations, but it means as much, and we can get so much satisfaction by donating our time as a volunteer," he says.
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 7, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) invites you celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. Knowing that breastfeeding is an important start to a healthy life for most Canadian newborns, NSHA is joining the IWK Health Centre, community partners and Breast Feeding Canada to celebrate breastfeeding with fun and informative events across the province.
