Carolyn Desjardins works every day with people who are waiting for a kidney transplant. As an LPN in the dialysis unit at All Saints Springhill Hospital, she has come to appreciate the importance of organ and tissue donation and understands how agonizing the wait can be.
Visitor restrictions are in place on 2 East & West, an active care unit at Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital in Inverness. The restrictions are in place to help limit the spread of a gastrointestinal illness among patients on the unit.
The Northside the Lakes Community Health Board (CHB) is using National Volunteer Week (Apr. 23-29) to launch a video on volunteering and its new facebook page.
An additional case of measles has been confirmed on the province’s south shore, requiring notification to parents and guardians of students at Hebbville Academy.
There’s only a week left to register for a free program for cancer survivors in Cape Breton who finished treatment and are adjusting to life after cancer care. Cancer Transitions: Moving Beyond Treatment is a seven-week support program for people who have completed cancer treatment.
For the month of April, we’re taking the opportunity to highlight, celebrate and thank our many volunteers for the work they do to improve patient care.
