Right before Yvette Taylor’s husband died a year and a half ago, she made a vow to him — one that’s proving costly to fulfil. The 67-year-old New Brunswick woman promised she would get a life-saving procedure and keep strong. “I made a promise to my husband that I would get a double lung transplant … Read more
A New Brunswick man, who says he wasn’t told about warning signs of his rare condition until six weeks after a doctor noted them, believes he fell through the cracks in the province’s overwhelmed health-care system. “I had to trust the medical system, which we all trust,” said Jean-Claude Belliveau of Memramcook. Belliveau sometimes gets … Read more
A Moncton, N.B. woman is raising concerns about the health-care system, as her elderly stepfather deals with a lengthy wait for a hip replacement. Karen Cook says her 80-year-old stepfather’s quality of life has been declining recently. “His mobility is quite drastically reduced, he’s with a cane all of the time now, and when he … Read more
A New Brunswick man who spent five days at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton, N.B., with pneumonia says he saw first-hand the ongoing impact of the health-care crisis in the province. “I saw nurses, doctors, and all other hospital workers try their best to keep a semblance of some sort of health … Read more
