health care

52-hour weekend ER shutdown
 

Many times a patient has medical tests done in one area of the Province, but is sent to Halifax for additional testing that cannot be performed locally.

We accept this reality, but we shouldn’t accept those initial tests being repeated in Halifax simply because the left hand is not talking to the right hand.

This lack of coordination costs the Province millions of dollars every year.

Roseway next on chopping block?
Queens-Shelburne MLA Kim Masland is not surprised that the Liberal Health Minister would not guarantee that Roseway Hospital will stay open, according to a news release Friday. 

As a sort of political junkie, I was excited to see the House of Assembly sitting again this morning. In fact, I took the time to watch a live feed of Question Period, in which the Premier and ministers are asked questions by opposition members about issues which concern their constituents.

"So far it doesn’t look like the government is listening to what people said during the election.”

Capacity for 2400 more patients in West Nova
Shelburne pols want action on CEC

We have long heard calls for redesigning Nova Scotia's health-care system, and that's exactly what we have been working toward for the past three years. We know there are improvements to be made in access to and quality of care.

The types of changes needed, if done well, will take time.

Shelburne project "getting a second look"?

ALLAN MASLOV IN THE HILL TIMES: In the Speech from the Throne and since, the new Liberal government has clearly said it is ready to re-engage with the provinces and territories on health care. This is a welcome development.

"Patient care has suffered and our health care system has been thrown into turmoil.”

"Health care system crumbles under weight of Liberal neglect," trumpets the latest news release from the NDP caucus decrying what they say is a woeful state of affairs in minister Leo Glavine's department