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A new code of conduct for surgeons should help address longstanding concerns about inappropriate behaviour in the cardiac surgery division, says the head of the department of surgery for Nova Scotia Health's central zone and Dalhousie University.
For the third time since 2010, a review of the cardiac surgery division at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax acknowledges that some people are not being held accountable for their behaviour at work.
Officials at Nova Scotia Health are reviewing data that show a higher mortality rate after a common heart surgery procedure compared to the national average.
The lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as staffing shortages and a rise in disease complexity, are responsible for an increase in surgery wait times across Nova Scotia this year, according to the head of surgery in the central health zone.
The former head of the cardiac surgery division for the provincial health authority says he was removed from his post without explanation, despite attempts to address a toxic work environment plagued by poor behaviour.