The QEII Health Sciences Centre has experienced high patient volumes and admissions this week, causing service impacts across the hospital. Patient waits in the emergency department have been longer than usual this last week.
Margaret Bennett, licensed practical nurse, discovered an unexpected connection to her mom on March 18 while working as an immunizer at the St.FX Community Vaccine Clinic.
Nova Scotia Health Public Health is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 at three locations in the Central Zone and one location in the Western Zone.
The nine community health boards (CHBs) in Nova Scotia Health’s Eastern Zone are pleased to announce that nearly $147,000 of funding has been provided for projects that support local population health priorities.
Building Connections was the both the namesake and the main goal for patient family advisors Cyndi Corbett, Judy Porter, Carole McDougall and Donna Rubenstein when they started Nova Scotia’s first patient family advisor (PFA) webinar series with the support of Nova Scotia Health staff members Margaret Angus, Susan Dunn, and Michael Wheatley.
Anyone who travelled on Bus #8 on the specified dates and times is asked to visit https://covid-self-assessment.novascotia.ca/en to book a COVID-19 test, regardless of whether or not they have COVID-19 symptoms. You can also call 811 if you don’t have online access or if you have other symptoms that concern you.
