Starting Saturday, December 14, 2024, the entrance to the QEII Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department has changed to 1840 Bell Road. Learn more.
Please plan for extra travel time when coming to the QEII Halifax Infirmary. As of February 18, the easternmost, northbound lane of Robie Street will be closed for the duration of the Halifax Infirmary Expansion Project, leaving two lanes open. Expect potential delays and consider alternative routes when possible.
Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Division of Neurosurgery (Department of Surgery) and Medtronic Canada ULC are delighted to announce the first- in-Canada use of Medtronic Stealth AutoGuide TM robot technology, at the QEII Health Sciences Centre.
Unfortunately, snow shovelling is around the corner. We all know it. And we also know that each year, some people over exert and develop heart attacks, strokes and other injuries or illnesses while shovelling.
Most surprisingly, it isn’t always older individuals who are at significant risk. As often, it is inactive forty- or fifty-year-olds with several cardiac risk factors who may unknowingly be putting him- or herself in harm's way.
Today, Nova Scotia Health Authority and the QEII Foundation announced that the QEII Health Sciences Centre is now home to Atlantic Canada’s first surgical robotics technology.
HALIFAX, N.S. - Three physician assistants are joining the division of orthopedics at the QEII Health Sciences Centre, through a three-year pilot program to evaluate the role and increase access to hip and knee joint replacement surgeries.
Physician assistants (PAs) are health care providers who practice medicine in collaboration with, or under the supervision of a physician. They are trained to perform many clinical procedures traditionally performed by a physician.
“Can I go home the day of my surgery?”
That was the question Sandra Tufts posed to her surgeon, Dr. David O’Brien, when she made the decision to go ahead with joint replacement surgery last summer.
A month later, the Timberlea resident became Dartmouth General Hospital’s first patient to have a same-day total knee replacement.
In regards to the tragic incident in Upper Big Tracadie, Guysborough County, our hearts go out to family and friends, and our thoughts are with the community during this difficult time.
As this sad news continues to reverberate through the community, we at Nova Scotia Health Authority would like to address a concern that has emerged in public discussion.
The tragedy would be compounded if anyone in Nova Scotia were to not seek care because they have formed an impression that help is not available or that they may be turned away if a facility is busy.