Monthly Archives: March 2015

More money, a question

Posted on March 31, 2015 by helphealthcare

A regular reader wrote to say that a vice president at Annapolis Valley District Health Authority who is a director in the new merged health scheme is continuing to draw a vice president’s salary vs a director’s pay. This is … Continue reading →

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Another ER probe

Posted on March 29, 2015 by helphealthcare

An article in Saturday’s Chronicle Herald says the Minister of Health has called on Dr. John Ross to look at the problems with the province’s emergency care situation. Dr. Ross is a former ER head at Capital Health and the … Continue reading →

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Keeping paid-off executives

Posted on March 26, 2015 by helphealthcare

Janet Knox, the new president for Nova Scotia’s merged health care system, which comes into effect on April 1st, told CBC’s Information Morning on Wednesday, March 25th that 70 people had been given their notices. Then she said some were … Continue reading →

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A worrisome timeline for change

Posted on March 16, 2015 by helphealthcare

A regular reader of this blog wrote expressing their concern over the questionable, feel-good promises being made about the upcoming realignment of Nova Scotia’s health care. They directed me to this article: http://www.trurodaily.com/News/Local/2015-03-04/article-4065636/Unified-health-board-to-bring-all-Nova-Scotians-same-care,-CEO-designate-says/1 The contributor says “Yes, we all want … Continue reading →

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An important post by a doctor who’s been there

Posted on March 7, 2015 by helphealthcare

As we countdown the 25 days to the realignment of Nova Scotia’s health care system, the situation is so dire and medical professionals are so exacerbated by the simplistic, cover-their-ass statements of executives, that more people are speaking out. Dr. Robert … Continue reading →

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A glimpse of the future?

Posted on March 4, 2015 by helphealthcare

All day long the CBC has been reporting on the strained, overflowing ER situation at Capital Health. Patients have been waiting four and more hours to be seen. Apparently, the backlog is so great that paramedics haven’t been able to … Continue reading →

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