Posted: Apr 09, 2021 7:49 AM AT | Last Updated: April 9
Participants of the province s latest health-care consultation session heard about concerns that long-term care staff and hospital workers in the Saint John area are burnt-out. Pictured is the Saint John Regional Hospital.(CBC News file photo)
Nurse practitioners shocked by Higgs government decision to charge for medical tests
A new rule from the Blaine Higgs government is raising concern among nurse practitioners, who believe it will introduce yet another barrier to health care for the more than 44,000 New Brunswickers who do not have a primary care provider.
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HALIFAX New Brunswick will no longer hold separate vaccination clinics for homecare workers or large employers, the province’s health minister announced Thursday. Based on recent advice from public health, cabinet, and the all-party cabinet committee on COVID-19, we ve accepted the recommendation that we adjust stage two of New Brunswick s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan, said N.B. Health Minister Dorothy Shephard during Thursday’s news update. According to Shephard, stage two of the province’s vaccination plan will still take place during the months of April and May, but there will no longer be separate vaccine clinics for homecare workers or large employers.
HALIFAX Health officials in New Brunswick say they are now seeing a record number of patients in hospitals due to COVID-19, causing a strain on their healthcare system. As of Thursday, the province has 20 people in hospital, 13 of whom are in the intensive care unit. This is the largest number of COVID-19 hospital admissions at a single time since the start of the pandemic, said Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province s chief medical officer of health. According to the Vitalité Health Network, of the 20 people currently in hospital, 13 are at the Edmundston Regional Hospital, including seven patients currently in intensive care.