Healthcare

Open Door Centre calls itself a “healthy life choices centre” even though it’s on the list of anti-choice organizations in Nova Scotia.

It remains unclear when universal mental health care will be a reality in NS.

In part two of The Coast’s series on the crisis in OBGYN care, a look at the big costs, long waits and barriers for queer families in the way of getting pregnant.

People seeking care describe long wait times, forgotten referrals and a struggle to convince medical professionals their pain is real.

Applications are open for the new dinner club that will help women of colour discuss the intersections of eating, menstrual cycles and community.

The centre will be staffed by a nurse practitioner, registered nurses, social workers and peer-support workers.

About 120 surgeries and 30 procedures were postponed last week in Nova Scotia, and now only urgent needs will be met.

12,800 Nova Scotians have signed up for virtual care out of the 51,000 who have been offered the service.

“If you’re getting a COVID vaccine at a pharmacy, ask them if you can get your flu shot at the same time,” Strang suggests.

The Cole Harbour retail worker who was hospitalized with COVID says she fell through the cracks of the fee-waiving program.

Highlights from the first week of in-person action at Province House.

“I am hoping that from this, we can create a larger, more permanent thing to represent reproductive rights here generally.”

The more than 75,000 Nova Scotians on the primary care wait list will soon be able to see a doctor or nurse virtually.

PAs aren’t regulated to work in the province, forcing many of them to travel for work and cutting off a way to quickly improve access to health care here.

The PC platform pledged to hire 2,000 new long-term care staff and establish universal mental health care.

The premier and health minister dismissed the health authority CEO and NS Health board.

Premier Tim Houston’s first cabinet includes 7 women, several new departments and a white MLA as minister of African Nova Scotian affairs.

10 promises the Progressive Conservatives made during the election, from health care to dogs.

Most Nova Scotians are susceptible, but “god forbid they talk about periods.”

Nova Scotia’s major parties are all focused on health care this election, but their plans differ.