2024-2025 Q1 Action Updates:
- Nova Scotia’s second medical school campus is on track to open in the fall of 2025 with 30 seats for first-year medical students, with a focus on practising in rural Nova Scotian communities
- Nova Scotians being treated for cancer and dealing with hair loss can now get help with the cost of a wig through a one-time rebate of $300
- four new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines and a partnership with a medical imaging company will improve access and reduce wait times for patients
- eligible Nova Scotians living with diabetes can now apply for funding to cover the cost of sensor-based glucose monitoring supplies
- residents of Pugwash and the surrounding area will have better access to healthcare with the opening of the new North Cumberland Health Care Centre
- cancer patients and others in Cape Breton will receive enhanced care closer to home with the announcement of a new PET-CT scanner for the Cape Breton Regional Hospital
- Nova Scotia will cover full tuition costs for more than 460 people who want to become a primary care paramedic or emergency medical responder