Soccer player Eduardo Sanchez will be able to keep his eyes on the ball after stopping by the Eye Care Centre at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax earlier this month. The 25-year-old Dartmouth resident popped by the ophthalmology department at the Victoria General site May 12 to take part in Opening Eyes, an international program that provides free eye assessments, prescription eyewear, sunglasses and sports goggles to Special Olympics participants.
The emergency department at North Cumberland Memorial Hospital in Pugwash will be closed during daytime hours on June 3, 4, 5 and 8. The department will also be closed for 4 hours on June 6.
The installation schedule for the new MRI at Cape Breton Regional Hospital has been extended. It is now estimated that the install project will finish near the end of June, with full service planned for later in July. It was earlier estimated that the work would be completed by late spring.
The Emergency Department at the Northside General Hospital in North Sydney will be closed on Saturday, June 2 and Sunday, June 3. It reopens on Monday, June 4 at 8 a.m.
Please be advised the emergency department at Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital will be closed from 8 a.m. on Thursday, May 31 until 8 a.m. on Friday, June 1, due to a lack of physician coverage.
