What happens when the doctor becomes a patient? NSHA’s vice-president of medicine and integrated health services, Dr. Lynne Harrigan, recounts her experience on the other side of health care.
Nova Scotia Health Authority put its emergency planning to the test when staff, physicians, nursing students and volunteers took part in a major mock exercise in Yarmouth on Thursday, Oct.15.
NSHA staff, physicians, leaders and volunteers are managing a difficult situation following a flood at the QEII Health Sciences Centre, VG Site Centennial Building on Thursday, Sept. 24 that shut now an ICU, surgical wards and much of the eye clinic, among other services.
For nearly 60 years, Clifford and Shirley have faced life together with humour, hardwork, creativity and determination. It’s this same approach that has helped them handle their health issues in recent years.
Communities in the Antigonish, Guysborough and Strait area are all a buzz about a local initiative aimed at creating a supportive breastfeeding environment.
A new collaboration, announced today, between GE Healthcare Canada and BIOTIC will initiate a Halifax-based research and development (R&D) and technology commercialization program with the aim of bringing software technology advances to medical imaging.