The province’s paramedics are burnt out and say higher wages, better working conditions and recruitment and retention top the list of what’s required to improve a system “nearing the point of failure.” That was the message delivered by members of the union representing paramedics during the province’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday. Held […]
Researcher wants to know how many people are dying from heart attacks because of COVID response
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Dr. Ratika Parkash wants to know how Nova Scotia’s pandemic response has affected the health and impacted mortality rates of heart and stroke patients in the province. “We need to understand how our response to the pandemic affected patients that didn’t actually have COVID, so […]