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		<title>Nova Scotia: First ED accountability report released</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/05/nova-scotia-first-ed-accountability-report-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 12:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halifax NS--A new accountability report provides more information that will help guide the right decisions for providing emergency care.
Health Minister Maureen MacDonald tabled the first Accountability Report on Emergency Departments in the Nova Scotia legislature today, May 11. The report provides accurate, reliable data to better understand the challenges facing the province's emergency care system.
Ms. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nova Scotia: Province continues to experience H1N1 activity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halifax NS--Nova Scotia continues to experience H1N1 activity across the province.
For the reporting period of Dec. 6 to Dec. 12, there have been:
-- No new lab-confirmed H1N1 cases, compared with 12 for the week of Nov. 29 to Dec. 5.
-- No new hospitalizations of people with lab-confirmed H1N1, compared with five last period.
"As Nova Scotians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nova Scotia: Get immunized! [op-ed by Dr. Robert Strong, Chief Public Health Officer of NS]</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/nova-scotia-get-immunized-op-ed-by-dr-robert-strong-chief-public-health-officer-of-ns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halifax--What if I told you that in the coming weeks, a member of your family could become seriously ill and have to be hospitalized? Would you take a simple, easy step to prevent that from happening? Would you get vaccinated against H1N1?
Despite what you may hear on the streets, H1N1 is still here, and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nova Scotia: Fifth H1N1-related death reported</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/nova-scotia-fifth-h1n1-related-death-reported/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halifax--A fifth death during the second wave of H1N1 was confirmed today, Nov. 26, by the Department of Health Promotion and Protection.
The male patient from the Capital Health District was in his forties and had no underlying medical conditions.
"I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the individual at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nova Scotia: 28 new H1N1 hospitalizations in past week</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/nova-scotia-28-new-h1n1-hospitalizations-in-past-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halifax--Nova Scotia continues to experience H1N1 activity across the province. Since the beginning of the 2009-10 influenza season, which runs from September 2009 to September 2010, the province has had:
-- 720 lab-confirmed H1N1 cases
-- 205 hospitalizations for H1N1
-- four H1N1-related deaths
For the week of Nov. 15 to Nov. 21, there were 28 new hospitalizations of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nova Scotia: 51 new hospitalizations for people with confirmed H1N1</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/nova-scotia-51-new-hospitalizations-for-people-with-confirmed-h1n1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halifax NS--Nova Scotia continues to experience H1N1 activity across the province. Since the beginning of the 2009-10 influenza season, which runs from September 2009 to September 2010, the province has had:
-- 634 lab-confirmed H1N1 cases
-- 158 hospitalizations for H1N1
-- two H1N1-related deaths
For the week of Nov. 8 to Nov. 14, there were 51 new hospitalizations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nova Scotia: Province&#8217;s paramedics have in-ambulance access to patient records</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/nova-scotia-provinces-paramedics-have-in-ambulance-access-to-patient-records/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halifax NS--The first system in Canada to provide paramedics with instant access to MedicAlert health records has been successfully launched in Nova Scotia. Within hours of the system going live, a paramedic in Halifax accessed potentially life-saving information en route to the hospital with a patient.
"Nova Scotia paramedics are highly trained individuals who do an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be prepared for H1N1 [Nova Scotia]</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/prepared-h1n1-nova-scotia/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/prepared-h1n1-nova-scotia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News: Americas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The H1N1 virus is still spreading across Nova Scotia and public health experts believe the number of cases has not yet peaked.
Just as Nova Scotians should be prepared in case of emergency, it is also recommended that everyone have a plan, and the necessary supplies, in case they, or someone in their household, becomes ill.
"No [...]]]></description>
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