Dr Ajantha Jayabarathan public
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Dr. AJ is a Halifax family physician and assistant professor at Dalhousie University’s faculty of medicine. Today she begins a regular column for The Chronicle Herald which will explore health care reform with the aim of engaging Nova Scotians in finding ways to improve individual and population health, provide satisfying and high-quality care and build thriving health-care networks.
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Headlines are created from “stunning” declarations such as this, when in reality, citizens in the province have been struggling to find a family doctor and experience long wait times for specialist services. Clearly the headlines and the numbers alone are not telling the whole story.Let us go to the source of the numbers in this report and dissect …
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Primary care, secondary care, tertiary care, quaternary care: these labels group our available health services, to match investigations and treatments with the severity and complexity of health conditions.Primary care refers to prevention and promotion activities, care by family doctors, nurse practitioners, family practice nurses, pharmacists, phy…
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At present, Nova Scotia Health Authority is well aware of the devastating loss of family doctors and specialists from Cape Breton, since 2012, that has left thousands without access to primary care services.A recent count showed 30 physicians have left since the summer and 60 physician positions are under threat.…
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