An article was recently published outlining the impact New Brunswick border restrictions are having on Cumberland County’s regional hospital. To read that article, click here. This is an issue that is also having a large impact on paramedics who live in New Brunswick and work in Nova Scotia. They come to work, only to have …
Starting today, we’re launching an online letter writing campaign calling on government to release the full, un-redacted Fitch Report. This report was paid for by Nova Scotians at a cost of approximately $144,000 – and we deserve to see it! Click here to fill out the form and add your voice. Our templated letter will …
April 15 2 PM Included below is a news release recently issued by the province outlining the details of 32 new COVID-19 cases. As of today, April 15, Nova Scotia has 549 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The news release is also available in French at: https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20200415001. Premier Stephen McNeil and chief medical officer of health …
NS Health Care Workers Need Assurances On Safety Equipment Five unions representing health care workers providing care during the COVID-19 pandemic are calling on government and employers to sign onto a safety protocol that would ensure these frontline workers feel protected and supported during this unprecedented time. The NSGEU, NSNU, CUPE, Unifor and IUOE jointly …
COVID-19 NOTICE MARCH 16, 2020 As the situation caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) quickly evolves, we want to assure you that we are doing everything we can to keep our employees, counterparts and the community safe. Until further notice, these safety measures will dictate a change to how we maintain and provide services from this …
The Nova Scotia government is preparing to do a system-design review of EHS as the union representing paramedics continues to sound the alarm about understaffed ambulances and service shortages around the province. The union released data this week collected during July that shows increasing numbers of ambulances are either out of service or not …
During a 20-day period in July, there were 34 ambulances that went unstaffed in Nova Scotia. The union representing the province’s paramedics is warning that backlogs in Nova Scotia’s health-care system are trickling down to the availability of emergency care. See Link for Full Article: Paramedic Staffing Strain
There’s probably no single solution,’ says interim head of emergency medicine at NSHA central zone Health-care officials are grappling with the problem of ambulances being tied up at larger hospitals across Nova Scotia. Offloading patients has become a slow process when hospital beds are at or near capacity. Those working in the system say …
The union representing Nova Scotia paramedics has been tweeting for five months using #codecritical to raise awareness about ambulance availability. It’s hoping the province will come up with ways to fix administrative delays in offloading patients at hospitals. But that hasn’t happened yet. CBC News Union urges province to fix Ambulance availability issues
We were made aware at approx. 0930 today that there was a #codecritical in the Eastern region of EHS. Only one ambulance available for calls for all of the CBRM. #NSPOLI @CTVAtlantic @CBCNS — IUOE Local 727 (@ParamedicsUnion) February 11, 2018 As the union representing NS Medics & LF Nurses we need to bring attention …