The government’s announcement follows two recent cases where patients waited hours in ER and died before they were able to see a doctor
government announced a series of changes to its emergency care strategy Wednesday, including how ERs are staffed, after mounting calls from patients and health care workers to rescue a system in crisis.with more nurses and physician assistants to improve waiting times, create more opportunities for paramedics to receive training and divert less-severe cases to virtual care and pharmacies.
“Our health care system has been neglected for years,” said Nova Scotia Health Minister Michelle Thompson at a news conference. Last week, the Nova Scotia Health Authority released data that showed a total of 558 people died in ERs across the province in 2022, up 10 per cent from 2021. Alan Drummond, a spokesperson for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, said it’s encouraging to see Nova Scotia taking the crisis seriously. But the changes likely won’t accomplish much, as emergency-room pressures are just a symptom of a much wider problem facing the health care system, including a lack of nurses and hospital beds.
“None of them want to address the core issue,” Dr. Drummond said. “It’s time for a national discussion about this.” Part of Nova Scotia’s new strategy will introduce more virtual ERs like the one at Colchester, but also add more mobile clinics where people can receive primary care and expand the care that can be delivered at pharmacies.
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