Seniors aged 80 and older, nursing home residents, and seniors in other group settings will soon be eligible for a fourth dose of vaccine to help reduce the impact of COVID-19. Nova Scotia Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson said more details will be available in the coming days, adding “we will be be quick […]
Budget 2022: unmet needs and mental health in Nova Scotia
该专栏由Alec Stratford，RSW和Karn Nichols贡献。去年，蒂姆·休斯顿（Tim Houston）竞选并赢得了省级选举，部分原因是他计划创建普遍的精神卫生保健以及他承诺要获得1.02亿美元的心理健康和成瘾支出。3月16日，新斯科舍省社会学院[…]
No more grinning and bearing it: dental care is health care
Morning File, Wednesday, March 30, 2022
新闻1.预算总理蒂姆·休斯顿（Tim Houston）的进步保守党政府竞选了“修复医疗保健”并在四年内平衡该省的书籍的承诺。好吧，2022 - 23年的医疗保健支出上涨了4.134亿美元，预计新财政年度的赤字为5.062亿美元。詹妮弗·亨德森（Jennifer Henderson）进入[…]
NS budget: big spending on health care, new taxes on non-residents
The PCs got elected on a promise to “fix health care” and they warned it would be expensive. The operating budget for 2022-2023 predicts a deficit or shortfall of $506.2 million. Spending on health care has increased $413.4 million from last year to reach $5.7 billion. During last summer’s election campaign, Tim Houston said it […]
NDP drum up support for bill they say will create safe drug supply, prevent overdoses
国会议员戈德·约翰斯（Gord Johns）周一在哈利法克斯（Halifax）试图为他认为，他认为如果通过的法案可以防止毒品过量死亡。由于一种称为芬太尼的物质，瘾君子和偶尔的娱乐性药物使用者都有更大的死亡风险 - 100 […]
新斯科舍省健康领导者正在考虑更多私人诊所来解决外科等待名单
The Health System Leadership Team appointed by Premier Tim Houston to replace the CEO and entire Board of Directors of the Nova Scotia Health Authority is looking at every possible option — including the increased use of private clinics — to “blitz” the backlog of 27,000 people waiting for surgeries. That’s the highest number of […]
发布的省级资本预算：医疗保健的大笔资金，没有住房
新斯科舍省省已发布计划，将大笔资金花在包括医院，道路和学校在内的大型项目上。2022/23的资本计划为16亿美元，比当年的12亿美元预算大三分之一。今天发布的资本预算是该省历史上最大的。资本预算涵盖[…]
What it means to live with COVID
Dalhousie大学的儿科与微生物学和免疫学教授，IWK健康中心的传染病。
周一，新斯科舍省的儿童将在本周三月休息后重返学校。尽管医疗保健系统将保持一些限制，但学生将在该省重新开放计划的第3阶段的同一天重新进入教室。公共卫生和学校公共卫生[…]
哈利法克斯的心理健康日医院开业将“弥合需要密集治疗的患者的差距”
Patients in the Halifax area in need of intensive mental health supports will soon have access to a mental health day hospital described as the first of its kind in Nova Scotia. Brian Comer, minister responsible for the Office of Addictions and Mental Health, made the announcement during a media conference on Wednesday afternoon. The […]
进行自己的研究：profaxxers和antivaxxers获取信息
晨报，2022年3月3日，星期四
新闻1.议员们考虑增加10名消防员，以提高贝德福德和萨克维尔Zane Woodford的覆盖范围，周三在理事会预算委员会举行了一次虚拟会议上，HRFE负责人肯·斯图宾（HRFE）主任肯·斯图宾（Ken Stuebing）提出了他拟议的2022-2023运营预算。伍德福德写道：该市财务部门给出了78,090,000美元的目标，增长了1.9％。大多数[…]