Bridgewater & Area Family Health Centre

Hearts & Health in Motion - a Cardiac Prevention & Rehabilitation Program and Pulmonary Rehabilitation program

Phone : 902-473-3846
Fax: 902-473-7855

You need a physician referral to access this program.

Referrals are accepted from physicians and nurse practitioners for patients with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF).

Contact

Tel: 902-543-4604x2222 for more information
Fax: 902-543-8895

Program Details

Queens General Hospital Heart Function Clinic

The Queens General Hospital Heart Function Clinic is a specialized hospital-based clinic designed to reduce hospitalizations for patients with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF). Patients with CHF will see a Nurse Practitioner who works collaboratively with a team of cardiologists and internal medicine specialists to optimize medical therapy and provide education on self-management to prevent hospitalizations and ER visits.

This clinic accepts limited same-day and next-day appointments.  Call 1-833-710-0110 for availability.  Telephone lines open starting at 8 a.m., Monday to Friday. There is limited availability and appointments will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis.  

The available appointments could be at any one of four locations:

• Eastern Kings Memorial Community Health Centre
• Western Kings Memorial Health Centre
• Soldiers Memorial Hospital
• Kentville (Suite 210, 70 Exhibition Street, Kentville)

A referral from your doctor or nurse practitioner is required.

902-527-2417

Program information
Aggressive treatment after a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is extremely important in preventing a second, potentially disabling stroke. The 90 day risk of recurrent stroke after TIA is 10-20% with half of those strokes occurring within the first 2 days.  Further, the 7 day risk can be as high as 36%. Timely stroke prevention medical therapy and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) have been shown to significantly reduce the risk of a major stroke after an initial TIA. The maximum benefit from CEA occurs when the surgery is completed within 2 weeks of the initial TIA; thus, leading to the urgency for assessment, testing and diagnostics.

For Queens County residents without a provider

By appointment only

Call 902-354-3322 for more information