Health minister announces 21 steps to fix broken mental health care system
Health Minister Dorothy Shephard announced on Wednesday that the government will adopt 21 recommendations aimed at improving a mental health care system she recently said was broken.
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Liberal bill on organ donation would create system of presumed consent
The New Brunswick Liberals introduced proposed legislative amendments Tuesday that would see the province follow the lead of Nova Scotia and switch to a program of deemed consent to organ and tissue donation.
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Opposition proposes Avery s law, named after young car crash victim whose organs couldn t be donated
Posted: May 11, 2021 4:54 PM AT | Last Updated: May 12
Liberal health critic Jean-Claude D Amours said creating an opt-out registry could improve the lives of at least 80 New Brunswickers who are waiting for organ and tissue donations annually.(CBC)
The individual in their 60s received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in mid-April and developed symptoms a week later, chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell said
In this file photo a medical worker prepares a dose of the Covishield, AstraZeneca-Oxford s Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine, at a vaccination center in Srinagar on April 9, 2021 as India surged past 13 million coronavirus cases. Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA /AFP via Getty Images
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FREDERICTON New Brunswick health officials on Wednesday reported the province’s first death of someone who developed a blood clot after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
The individual in their 60s received the vaccine in mid-April and developed symptoms a week later, chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell told reporters Wednesday. She said the person, whose gender was not disclosed, was admitted to hospital and died two days later.