As a clinical dietitian in rural Nova Scotia, Christina Palao’s areas of practice expands far beyond her work at Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg.
Exterior maintenance work will start next week at Antigonish Health & Wellness Centre, part of St. Martha’s Regional Hospital. The work will begin on Monday, July 20 and involves required maintenance work on the centre’s exterior brick and windows. It is expected to take about two months to complete.
Health Canada’s investment through its Organ Donation and Transplantation Collaborative, whose mandate is to help make transformative changes in organ donation and transplantation systems across Canada, has awarded $1.1 million to Nova Scotia Health, in collaboration with its key partners including: Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness, Canadian Donation and Transplant Research Program, Transplant Québec, and Canadian Blood Services. The purpose of the study is to gather evidence to inform legislative strategies to improve donation and to rigorously evaluate the impact of the overall implementation.
Samantha Brown is energetic and passionate. She brings those qualities to her work as a registered nurse working in Cardiology at the Halifax Infirmary, QEII Health Sciences Centre.
Early on in the pandemic a formal request was made of Nova Scotia Health by Mi’kmaq First Nations communities in the province. First Nations chiefs wanted their own health care professionals engaged in the battle against COVID-19. But they needed help.
Les conseils communautaires de santé (CCS) de la Nouvelle-Écosse sont en train de simplifier, à l’intention des groupes communautaires touchés par la pandémie de COVID-19, le processus d’appel de propositions de projets au titre du Fonds pour le bien-être.
Community health boards (CHBs) across Nova Scotia are simplifying their Wellness Fund Proposal process to accommodate community groups impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
