Bruce Fitch was named minister of Health. Premier Blaine Higgs also announced that Dr. John Dornan, president and CEO of Horizon Health Network, will be replaced by Margaret Melanson, who served as VP of clinical services and interim VP of…
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- NBHC Engagement
The social worker will connect patrons to community resources and potentially offer services such as counselling, intervention and mediation. The position will be based in Saint John, Moncton or Fredericton but ideally some form of support will…
A recent increase in fatal sodium nitrite poisonings has some health experts calling for stricter regulation of the substance. Sodium nitrite is a white salt commonly used in curing meat but it’s also being used as a poison in suicides. Ont. saw…
The B.C. Court of Appeal’s three justices were unanimous that B.C.’s ban on doctors’ extra-billing and limits to private health insurance don’t violate the Constitution but acknowledged that people are suffering and dying from waiting too long…
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BreatheSuite is based in St. John’s N.L. The company says there are three main parts to the program:
An additional 80 Bachelor of Science in Nursing seats will be created at Dalhousie University, St. Francis Xavier University and Cape Breton University. Nova Scotia Community College will also add 120 practical nursing seats. Some seats will be…
While the worldwide average life expectancy is 73.4 years old, a United Nations report found that Canada is among the countries where people are most likely to live over…
Overworked and understaffed healthcare workers leaving their jobs over poor working conditions are becoming more alarming to health advocates, who are calling for federal assistance to address a Canada-wide nurses’ shortage. The president of the…
TELUS Health says a survey of healthcare practitioners demonstrates the need to prioritize conversations around the use of in-home tools and solutions such as Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) technology. It’s estimated that one in three…
Dr. Andrew Clark, an orthopedic surgeon at the Moncton Hospital, says a lack of recruitment of anesthesiologists and nurses and the failure to open more operating rooms are at the root of a heavy backlog of patients waiting to get knee and hip…
A research group estimates 1,700 people are being infected with Omicron for the first time each day. That works out to 213 infections per 100,000 New Brunswickers, nearly 2½ times the national average of 87. Researchers say the number of…
Data from the Canadian Resident Matching Service, a not-for-profit organization that matches students with medical training, show a steady decrease in the…
The head of the New Brunswick Medical Society is urging those who are eligible to get their fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine amid what he believes is the start of a new wave of the pandemic in the province. Dr. Mark MacMillan fears the wave that…
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N.B. has no confirmed cases of monkeypox and no suspected cases but Public Health is putting together resource materials for clinicians and working on a public awareness campaign. Messaging will revolve around prevention and risk and the campaign…
The idea for Virtual Hallway came from two doctors looking to have specialist input earlier on in the course of a patient's illness. It's essentially a phone consultation platform that allows primary care…
In the midst of an acute shortage of access to care, there’s a growing need to address potential co-morbidities in the urban Indigenous population. The Wije’winen Health Centre will offer medical services that are informed by language, ceremonial…