A Nova Scotia man who suffered a medical emergency while on an international trip is now stuck abroad after his family was told he can't come home due to a lack of available beds.
A woman who had to be rushed into surgery after getting flesh-eating disease from invasive group A strep is warning others not to wait if they feel symptoms.
A social media post about flesh-eating disease at Yarmouth Regional Hospital contained inaccuracies and has caused "unnecessary public concern", according to Nova Scotia Health.
A Nova Scotia woman whose son died from a drug overdose says the province's health-care system failed him, and is calling for better mental health and addiction support.
Vacancy rates for health-care professionals in Nova Scotia have increased by almost 200 per cent since 2019, according to data released by the province’s largest union.
A former data analyst for Nova Scotia's health authority says his contract wasn't extended after he raised concerns about what he calls "corrupted data" being used for a new online emergency department wait-time prediction tool. Nova Scotia Health denies this and stands by the prediction tool.
Although relieved to no longer be one of the more than 150,000 names on the Need a Family Practice Registry, Shira Lurie says the worry hasn't gone away.
Officials with Nova Scotia Health believe they’ve identified 17,500 people who can be removed from the province’s need-a-family-practice registry, and now they’re calling them to confirm.