In an effort to ensure all Nova Scotians have access to COVID-19 testing as needed, the Public Health mobile units (PHMU) will be offering testing across the province.
Last week, first year medical students fanned out across the province for Rural Week. This is a program for first year Dalhousie medical students to expose them early in their career to the realities of rural practice. If we can ignite the fire for comprehensive rural medicine early, we can help sustain this important service in our communities. Each year in May, the medical students spend a week experiencing living, working, practicing in rural communities across Nova Scotia.
A new thoracic clinic that opened last fall at the Cape Breton Cancer Centre is focused on improving outcomes for lung and related cancer patients through shorter wait times, faster diagnosis, and treatment options closer to home.
In an effort to ensure all Nova Scotians have access to COVID-19 testing as needed, the Public Health mobile units (PHMU) will be offering testing across the province.
After years of not being able to host an in-person conference, the Medical Device Reprocessing Association of Nova Scotia (MDRANS) was able to bring more than 60 participants together in Cape Breton last weekend to network, learn from various speakers, and take part in team building sessions. Various vendors presented information on products, services, and ways to increase efficiencies.
Dr. Emmanuel Aquino, a champion for mental health services by his peers in all areas of the profession, was recently acknowledged for fifty years of psychiatry service in Nova Scotia at a ceremony at East Coast Forensics.
