Renovations to support recruitment and retention of physicians on the South Shore will begin this summer at South Shore Regional and Queens General hospitals.
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, social workers Holly Richardson and Loralee Smith, who work with collaborative family practice teams in Annapolis County, thought that making check-in phone calls to support community members, particularly seniors, would be helpful.
Each year, thousands of Nova Scotians undergo hip or joint replacement surgery and each have had an x-ray or other diagnostic imaging at some point to determine the extent of damage to their joint.
New phone numbers have been set up to help the public make blood collection appointments within three Eastern Zone hospitals and to address the volume of calls being received. Those hospitals include Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Glace Bay Hospital and St. Martha’s Regional Hospital.
Did you know that 30 to 40 per cent of adults report not being able to get a good night’s sleep? Also, more people have reported worse sleep over the past few months due to COVID-19. Here are a number of strategies that may improve your sleep quality. Be sure to discuss any new or persistent sleep difficulties with your health care provider to rule out medical or medication issues that may be affecting your sleep.
Nova Scotia Health and the IWK Health Centre will be requiring patients and visitors to wear a non-medical mask when entering hospitals and other health care facilities, beginning Monday, July 20, 2020.
À compter du mardi 21 juillet 2020, Santé Nouvelle-Écosse et le IWK Health Centre exigeront que les patients et visiteurs portent un masque non médical lorsqu’ils entreront dans les hôpitaux et les autres établissements de soins de santé.
As a clinical dietitian in rural Nova Scotia, Christina Palao’s areas of practice expands far beyond her work at Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg.
Exterior maintenance work will start next week at Antigonish Health & Wellness Centre, part of St. Martha’s Regional Hospital. The work will begin on Monday, July 20 and involves required maintenance work on the centre’s exterior brick and windows. It is expected to take about two months to complete.
