NS Health Care

N.S. mother ‘in shock’ after enduring 17-hour hospital wait with sick baby

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A Nova Scotia mother is voicing her frustration with the province’s health-care system after waiting more than 17 hours in an emergency department with her sick 10-month-old son. Amber Clark of Scotsburn, N.S., said she arrived at the nearby Aberdeen Hospital on April 22 at about 12 p.m. following a recommendation from an 811 telehealth … Read more

Code Critical: How a N.S. woman without a family doctor prays her family ‘doesn’t get sick’

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This is the first installment in a Global News series called Code Critical, which examines the issues impacting the health-care system in Nova Scotia.  When Brenda MacDonald found out her family doctor was closing her practice back in October 2021, the Halifax-area woman immediately did two things: put herself and her two sons on the … Read more