Eight local university students received diversity bursaries from Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Central Zone (Halifax area and West Hants) at a Sept. 22 celebration at the QEII Health Sciences Centre.
Gauthier credits Dr. John Sapp and his Halifax-based team for saving his life. Treatment with an innovative catheter, unique to the QEII,
corrected an abnormal heart rhythm when other forms of treatment had failed.
The generosity of Nova Scotians continues even after they have passed away, according to a new Organ Donation and Transplantation in Canada report that shows this province has the highest deceased donation rate in the country, based on per million population.
While we have many formal measures in place to evaluate our care and services, few are more meaningful than hearing from our patients, clients, families and communities directly.
An average nurse lifts the weight of a giraffe – 18 tonnes – in an eight-hour shift. Manually lifting, transferring or repositioning patients is a daily task for many health professionals. It is also a common source of musculoskeletal injury. The Safe Patient Handling and Mobility program was created to address this problem.
From October 2015 to April 2016, we hosted 1,000 people in 42 meetings to figure out how we can be healthier Nova Scotians. This report summarizes the top themes from those many conversations and the thousands of comments we gathered.
