Halifax Q&A

I recently moved to Nova Scotia and have my health card number, but haven’t received my physical card yet. I was previously prescribed Xanax by my doctor overseas, but I’ve run out and am struggling without it. I don’t have a family doctor here yet, and virtual healthcare providers haven’t been able to help.

I'm concerned about the new One patient, one record system in Nova Scotia's health records. As someone with a lengthy mental health record, I'm worried that doctors dealing with my physical health will access my mental health history and potentially discriminate against me because of it. This has already happened to me and I was called paranoid when I brought the issue to my mental health team.

I've had bloodwork done numerous times in the last six months as I've been trying to conceive / experienced pregnancy loss. Ever since YourHealthNS changed to displaying bloodwork results 24h after they are available to your provider, I find my results are usually there within a few days of me having the blood drawn (sometimes sooner). I had bloodwork done last Tuesday (a week now) at the Woodlawn medical blood collection site … and it’s still visible not on YHNS. Has anyone ever experienced a delay like this? (I am stressed because this was my first set of labs with HCG to confirm a pregnancy after my first positive home test since my miscarriage).

Health & Wellness 3w ago 6 answers • Cristian

I'm at the emergency room and I've noticed that some people are getting screened with a wand and having their bags checked, while others are being let through without being screened. I've noticed a pattern where people of different backgrounds are being treated differently, and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

Health & Wellness 3w ago 5 answers • Helena G

I'm used to having 20-30 fruit flies around this time of year, but in the span of a few days we have hundreds, and they won't go anywhere near my apple cider vinegar traps that always work. They hang out on the ceiling until the sun comes up, then they come down. They seem a bit bigger and darker in colour than the usual little reddish ones.

Health & Wellness 1mo ago 3 answers • Helena G

I had to reschedule an appointment recently and the soonest my dentist could re-book me is June. I've heard it's due to a shortage of hygienists in Nova Scotia, but that kind of wait seems pretty extreme.

I've been waiting for a family doctor for almost 4 years now, I've been getting hopeful for getting in somewhere with all of this 'the registry is shrinking' talk coming from the government, but now I'm wondering if others are experiencing this.