Health and Wellness

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release   Virtual Care Available to More Patients —————————————————————- All Nova Scotians on the Need a Family Practice Registry can now get free, online medical appointments through Virtual Care Nova Scotia (VirtualCareNS). Previously, people had to receive an email invitation to use VirtualCareNS. As of today, August 31, anyone on the Need...

**** CNS Media Release New Home Designs for People Living with Disabilities —————————————————————- A new approach to the construction of community-based small option homes will allow Nova Scotians with disabilities to move into community sooner. The Disability Support Program has procured two custom designs for modular homes that will meet the needs of residents and...

**** Recall via Health Canada Aqua Lung i330R SCUBA Diving Computers recalled due to Drowning Hazard Issue The dive computer can fail to automatically adjust to the user’s altitude by continuing to provide calculations for sea level dive times thus leading to considerable risk of the diver having decompression sickness. As of August 24, 2022, the company...

**** HRM Media Release Update – Municipality helps residents with well water shortages The Halifax Regional Municipality is offering drinking water for those dealing with dry wells due to dry conditions. The municipality is working alongside the Province of Nova Scotia and using its Joint Emergency Management teams to ensure residents with urgent dry well...

**** HRM Media Release Penhorn Lake Beach reopens to swimming The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that Penhorn Lake Beach in Dartmouth has reopened to swimming. Penhorn Lake Beach is a supervised beach. Municipal staff regularly test the water quality at all supervised municipal beaches, as well as one unsupervised beach, during the summer...

**** Info via Metra Animal Emergency Clinic   We’ve been seeing more cases of water toxicity this month, so it seems like a good time for a gentle reminder! Water toxicity can sneak up unexpectedly, so know when to call it quits. Water play seems like a good thing on a hot summer day, right?...

**** HRM Media Release Kearney Lake Beach reopens to swimming The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that Kearney Lake Beach in Kearney Lake, Halifax, has reopened to swimming. Kearney Lake Beach is a supervised beach. Municipal staff regularly test the water quality at all supervised municipal beaches, as well as two unsupervised beaches, during...

**** NS SPCA Release Fireworks are Dangerous to Pets and Wildlife – SPCA share Petition The Nova Scotia SPCA advocates that fireworks, pyrotechnics, and gas-fired explosions should never be permitted to be used at events and is concerned about the impact fireworks have on companion animals and wildlife in the vicinity. The Nova Scotia SPCA...

**** NSHA Media Release Nova Scotia Health collaborating with partners to help internationally educated nurse applicants by streamlining registration and licensing processes to get nurses into the system faster   It’s clear that Canada’s health system, and health systems around the world, have longstanding issues that have been pushed to crisis situations due to the...

**** CNS Media Release Support for Ukrainian Healthcare Professionals —————————————————————- Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson will provide an update on efforts to support Ukrainian healthcare professionals to work in Nova Scotia. The announcement will take place on Thursday, August 25, at 11 a.m. in the media room, One Government Place, 1700 Granville St., Halifax...