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Health Minister Michelle Thompson says she's working hard to fix the issue of multiple emergency departments continuing to be closed across Nova Scotia.Thompson said the closures come down to being able to staff the departments with health-care workers.
At the provincial Progressive Conservatives' annual general meeting at the Westin Nova Scotian in Halifax on Saturday, Thompson reminded the room of supporters of the recent health-care system changes. Thompson said there have also been results from the addition of a physician, nurse and clinical support paramedic working in the Emergency Health Services medical communications centre.“They help us divert patients away from the emergency care system if they are not an emergency,” she said of the additions to the communications centre.
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