'Everybody is nervous and worried that nurses and others will not be able to get time with their families over this Christmas season.”
Janet Hazelton, president of the Nova Scotia Nurses Union. - John McPheeA regular schedule has never been the draw when you choose to go into health care.
Hawker’s little girl is now three “so this is the first year where she actually understands Santa and the notion of presents so she’s pretty excited about that.” “So, everybody is nervous and worried that nurses and others will not be able to get time with their families over this Christmas season.” As for primary care, most clinics don’t offer on-call services for patients during the holidays and many private family practices simply close their doors from Christmas Eve to the New Year, said Hawker, who is president of Doctors Nova Scotia.
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