This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. "Tim Houston's choices aren’t working for people, waits have gotten longer, the distance and cost to travel for care have increased, or people simply can’t get care at all.” "When I talk to people … across the province, health care is top of mind for everyone," Chender said. Bryden had to pay for gas, hotels and a rental a car.
"Today, more families are without a family doctor, more people are leaving the ER without being seen, surgery wait times are longer and people are being forced to pay out of pocket for care they need."Ĭhender cited the example of Glace Bay resident Ellen Bryden, who recently spent $2,000 to help her mother get an emergency eye operation that could only be done in Halifax. "As Tim Houston celebrates his election anniversary, people who need health care are being told to wait," Chender said. In the last 12 months, almost 10,000 people in the province's eastern zone left an emergency department without being seen - an annual increase of 47 per cent, the party said in a statement Wednesday. The premier, however, has also cautioned Nova Scotians that it would take time for them to see substantive changes.īut NDP Leader Claudia Chender says too many Nova Scotians are feeling left on their own to figure out how to get the care they need. Houston made good on that election promise, budgeting $5.7 billion for health care last spring - an increase of $413.4 million compared to the previous year under the Liberals. AIM Specialty Health is a specialty benefits management company with more than 20 years of experience and a growing presence in the management of radiology. Houston's Progressive Conservatives unseated the governing Liberals after promising to spend hundreds of millions of dollars during their first year in office to address issues in the system. The Tories surged to a surprise election victory last summer, with a campaign focused on health care. "But in that year, our health-care system has reached a crisis state." "A year ago today, Nova Scotians chose Tim Houston to be premier because he promised to fix health care," Churchill said. Meanwhile, life-saving surgeries are being delayed by months, if not years, and emergency rooms are often closed because of staff shortages, he added. Liberal Leader Zach Churchill said the state of the health-care system has reached a crisis with the number of Nova Scotians searching for a doctor jumping from 70,000 a year ago to more than 105,000 today. HFLHQF IRU SUH VHUYLFH DQG SRVW VHUYLFH UHYLHZV. The governing Progressive Conservatives have not done enough to address doctor shortages, surgery delays and recurring emergency room closures, the Liberals and New Democrats said Wednesday in separate statements. AIM Specialty Healths prior authorization services improve provider. One year after making Nova Scotia's struggling health-care system the centre of his election campaign, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is being slammed by the two main opposition parties for what they say is his failure to deliver.
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