Strait Richmond Hospital in Evanston is currently experiencing a temporary telephone outage. The site cannot receive or make calls. Nova Scotia Health is aware of the outage and is working to correct it.
Patty Jensen returned to Surettes Island from Southern Ontario in 2015 to enjoy her retirement dream of buying a property on the water.
She has been on the Need a Family Practice registry since 2018.
“I’m pretty healthy, and I typically only need to see a doctor about once or twice a year,” Patty said.
“I received the invitation to join VirtualCareNS, but I didn’t really do anything with it because I didn’t need anything from the doctor.”
Nova Scotia Health Public Health is advising of potential exposures to COVID-19 at locations in Central, Western and Eastern Zones, and on several Halifax Transit routes.
Nova Scotia Health Public Health is advising of potential exposures to COVID-19 at locations in Central and Western Zones, and on one WestJet flight. There are also corrections to two previous precaution notifications.
The Public Health mobile unit will be in North Preston this week to offer free PCR testing for COVID-19 to all ages. This includes the swish and gargle test for those aged 4 to 18.
Testing is available to anyone who is experiencing symptoms, has no symptoms (asymptomatic), has been to a potential exposure site, or is a close contact of a positive case of COVID-19.
Tomorrow, September 30, 2021 marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation across Canada. Through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, non-Indigenous Canadians learned about the dark history of Canada’s residential school system.
