‘The pressure is there’: COVID-19 surge pushing N.S. hospitals to the brink

N.S. Premier Tim Houston discusses surging hospitalizations as COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise, prompting surgeries to be postponed.

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34 comments

  1. Surging why? And don’t blame Omicron….fully vaxxed…..are still on the sidelines…..and those that didn’t chose to get the vax….unemployed…..now, did anyone ask each of scheduled surgeries if they consented to going ahead with treatment?

    1. Very true my fellow Canadian. Our leaders nor the country value health for sometime. I watched two hospitals get closed to build condo’s & not mention two schools turned into overpriced townhomes in less than ten years all within 30km of one city.

  2. Because of the economic crisis and the rate of unemployment, now is the best time to invest and make money 💯

  3. Brink of what? The same broken system for decades.

  4. Why would he push something that the company CEO admitted it’s useless?

  5. Who would have thought that provincial healthcare systems which were running on fumes for years before covid are now struggling to keep up…

  6. Title correction: “Losing thousands of healthcare workers over mandates in what was already a poor healthcare system pushing N.S. hospitals to the brink”

  7. Brink of what? The same broken system for decades.

  8. Prior to 1980 canada had 6.75 hospital beds per thousand. As of 2019 we had 2.5 per thousand.

  9. Title correction: “Losing thousands of healthcare workers over mandates in what was already a poor healthcare system pushing N.S. hospitals to the brink”

  10. Title correction: “Losing thousands of healthcare workers over mandates in what was already a poor healthcare system pushing N.S. hospitals to the brink”

  11. Same thing happens every year st Christmas flu season its the way the govt handles it that’s the problem. Either 100% incompetent or deliberate.

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