Allison Holthoff News Today

Some doctors estimate 8,000 to 15,000 Canadians are dying because of emergency room overcrowding, a trend prompting hospital staff to get creative, treating patients everywhere from chairs to public bathrooms.

Volunteer firefighters were called to the Soldiers Memorial Hospital to attend to a patient because the closest doctor was 30 minutes away

Mayor Sylvester Atkinson of Middleton, N.S. says a patient died last week in his town after going into cardiac arrest at a hospital where no doctor was present.

A Nova Scotia mayor says a patient died last week in his Annapolis Valley town after going into cardiac arrest at a hospital where no doctor was present.

The mayor of Middleton, N.S., says volunteer firefighters had to be called to the hospital to help a patient in cardiac arrest because the nearest doctor was 30 minutes away.

The mayor of Middleton, N.S., says volunteer firefighters had to be called to the hospital to help a patient in cardiac arrest because the nearest doctor was 30 minutes away.

On Tuesday, the Nova Scotia Health Authority launched a new service to provide patients with hourly updates of wait times at several emergency departments throughout the province.

Numbers newly released by the NDP show the last three months of 2022 had more ER deaths than any other quarter in the last six years. In January, changes were announced to emergency departments, but critics say they're not being implemented fast enough.

Dr. John Atia, who was working at the Cumberland Regional Health Centre on New Year's Eve when a 37-year-old mother died in the emergency room, is denying allegations of negligence.

The family alleges that medical staff failed to assess her condition or take her vitals on multiple occasions over the course of her hospital visit