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Amber Clark said she arrived at the Aberdeen Hospital in New Glasgow, N.S., as her 10-month-old child was suffering from bronchitis symptoms, and was told to go by 811 officials.

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.

A Nova Scotia nurse says health-care workers are continuing to battle burnout. Their union calls it a crisis in staffing that's taking a toll mentally and physically.

A Nova Scotia woman says she would rather keep her family doctor five hours away than risk being put on the waitlist, which now sits at 156,000 people.

A Nova Scotia family doctor says a quarter of her colleagues are set to retire in the next five to 10 years. She wants to see more recruitment and retention efforts before then.

Brenda MacDonald and her children have been on the physician wait list for two and a half years. She is left wondering when she will ever get a family doctor.

The union representing Nova Scotia paramedics is continuing its campaign over lengthy wait times for offloading patients at hospitals after 7 ambulances were stuck outside the emergency department at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital on Monday.

File Photo A new report investigating ambulance service in Nova Scotia finds they are spending a significant amount of time waiting in emergency departments to off-load patients. Fitch and Associates released the long-delayed report on Monday and it contains 68 recommendations in total – 64 of which have already been implemented and built into a new collective agreement. The firm also points out that ambulances are often tied up responding to requests to transfer patients between facilities. ...