Monthly Archives: February 2014

According to a news item which aired on Friday’s CBC Information Morning the Capital District Health Authority has several Tim Horton’s and cafeterias that have produced a $5 million loss over the past five years. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/tim-hortons-bumped-for-dialysis-clinic-at-halifax-hospital-1.2545886 Brian Rankine, director of … Continue reading →

On Tuesday a bereavement group met. Several of the women in the group were complaining about the lack of care available at their local hospital. The meeting’s consensus was if you don’t have a family member bedside to constantly advocate … Continue reading →

A colleague’s friend’s mother has been seriously ill requiring several hospitalizations. More recently a series of shorter stays has been intermixed with multiple visits to the ER since no bed was available. Some weeks the mother had to make multiple … Continue reading →

Since the nursing home fire in L’Isle-Verte I have been very concerned by a seemingly smug, over-confidence leading to complacency based on Nova Scotia’s regulations requiring sprinklers in newer buildings. This over-focus on sprinklers is unsettling and lazy. I’m not … Continue reading →