After a two year hiatus, the Cape Breton Cancer Symposium has returned. The theme of this year’s symposium is Breast Cancer: “When Evidence Meets the Patient”. It will be held on Friday, Sept. 28 at the Highland Arts Theatre, 40 Bentinck in Sydney. The symposium is taking a different approach this year as it follows breast cancer survivor Stacey Brygidyr-Rogers through her journey as a patient and what health care providers can learn from it.
Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) and the IWK Health Centre (IWK) are pleased to have reached respective collective agreements for the employees represented by the Nova Scotia Council of Unions Administrative Professional bargaining unit.
The emergency department at North Cumberland Memorial Hospital will be closed during daytime hours on September 26, 28 and 29 and for 4 hours on September 27.
The Emergency Department at the Northside General Hospital in North Sydney will be closed on Saturday, Sept. 22 and Sunday, Sept. 23. It reopens on Monday, Sept. 24 at 8 a.m.
Since April 1, Nova Scotia Health Authority has successfully recruited 54 new family doctors and specialists to work in communities across the province.
The emergency department at the New Waterford Consolidated Hospital will be closed on Friday, Sept. 21 and Saturday, Sept. 22. It reopens on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 7 a.m.
