The provincial government is investing $100,000 in the Restart a Heart � Restart a Life campaign of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick. Health Minister Mary Schryer made the announcement .....
Patients in the Grand Falls area will have better access to diagnostic and treatment services in more modern spaces as part of a major renovation project starting this summer at the Grand Falls Genera .....
Area residents had their first look at a planned satellite dialysis unit for the Charlotte County Hospital. The floor plans were unveiled at the hospital by Health Minister Mary Schryer and officials .....
Twenty-four-hour medical services will be restored at the H�pital de l'Enfant-J�sus de Caraquet in September, and work continues to establish an ambulance stop at the facility. Premier Shawn Graham ma .....
The new Rexton Health Centre officially opened today. The modern, spacious facility is expected to make it easier for doctors, nurses and other primary-care practitioners to provide quality health car .....
Construction is underway at the New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) Saint John Allied Health Building, located at the University of New Brunswick Saint John (UNBSJ). Supply and Services Minister Ed .....
Young children and infants in New Brunswick are being offered a new publicly funded pneumococcal vaccine as part of improvements to the provincial childhood immunization program. Health Minister Mar .....
The provincial government is investing $1 million in the Atlantic Cancer Research Institute (ACRI) as part of a commitment by the Department of Health to invest $5 million to ACRI over five years.
First-year medical students beginning studies in Saint John this fall at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick will have access to new teaching rooms and learning spaces within the newly renovated Saint Jo .....
Patients with a serious heart valve condition, known as aortic stenosis, who previously could not get treatment in the province, are now being offered a life-saving, minimally invasive surgery at the .....
The provincial government is investing $650,000 to allow the Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation to complete construction of Atlantic Canada's first therapeutic park by this fall.
A health-needs assessment and community consultations will be conducted in the Kennebecasis Valley to enhance primary health-care services in the region.
The provincial government will strengthen health-care services for francophone residents through a series of proposed legislative amendments and administrative changes.
The first tender associated with the construction of a new psychiatric hospital to replace the aging Restigouche Hospital Centre has been issued. Work is expected to begin later this spring.
New Brunswick intends to remove the three-month waiting period for medicare coverage for new immigrants as well as Canadians returning to the province after extended residence outside the country.
Health Minister Mary Schryer recently visited the Cancer Care Centre at the Saint John Regional Hospital, where she participated in a ribbon-cutting to mark the completion of construction of specializ .....
The provincial government is investing in four new magnetic resonance imaging scanners to be used at hospitals in Moncton, Edmundston, Bathurst and Saint John.
The provincial government is investing in four new magnetic resonance imaging scanners to be used at hospitals in Moncton, Edmundston, Bathurst and Saint John.
The provincial government is investing in four new magnetic resonance imaging scanners to be used at hospitals in Moncton, Edmundston, Bathurst and Saint John.
The provincial government is investing in four new magnetic resonance imaging scanners to be used at hospitals in Moncton, Edmundston, Bathurst and Saint John.
The provincial government is investing close to $1.4 million in capital and operating funds to establish a satellite dialysis unit at the Charlotte County Hospital in St. Stephen.
The provincial government is providing $50,000 for Sophia Recovery Centre, a non-residential addiction support centre for women. Health Minister Mary Schryer made the announcement today.
Health Minister Mary Schryer received the H1N1 influenza vaccine at a clinic in Fredericton on Wednesday, Dec. 16. She encouraged other New Brunswickers to do the same, prior to the close of clinics .....
The provincial government is funding a new program offering a $10,000 incentive to nursing graduates who accept positions targeted as being hard to recruit.
The following update on the H1N1 flu virus was issued by the Dr. Paul Van Buynder, deputy chief medical officer of health, on Thursday, Dec. 3. From left: Lise Daigle, clinical services representativ .....
A new modular surgical table system offering improved imaging capabilities and safer positioning for orthopedic trauma patients is now available at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital, Health M .....
An update on the H1N1 flu virus was issued on Thursday, Nov. 26, by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health. From left: Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eilish Cleary; and Roberte O�Rega .....
Supply and Services Minister Dr. Ed Doherty volunteered at an H1N1 immunization clinic in Saint John. Doherty, left, administers the H1N1 vaccine to Kathy Graham.
The following update on the H1N1 flu virus was issued by Dr. Eilish Cleary, chief medical officer of health, on Thursday, Nov. 19. From left: Roberte O�Regan, executive director of hospital services, .....
Eight New Brunswick individuals and organizations received Community Star Awards today for their efforts to prevent substance abuse in their communities.
The following update on the H1N1 flu virus was issued by Dr. Eilish Cleary, chief medical officer of health, on Monday, Nov. 2. Pictured: Lise Daigle, clinical services representative, Emergency Opera .....
New digital mammography equipment now available at the Oromocto Public Hospital will improve breast cancer screening, Health Minister Mary Schryer has announced today.
The provincial government will make an investment of $150,000 for the New Brunswick Heart Centre to purchase new telemetry equipment, Health Minister Mary Schryer announced today.
The first instalment of a three-year funding commitment worth $160,000 for a second digital mammography unit for St. Joseph's Women's Health Centre was announced today at the centre by Health Minister .....
H1N1 flu vaccination clinics will open in New Brunswick on Monday, Oct. 26, following Health Canada's approval of AREPANRIX, a vaccine against the pandemic H1N1 flu virus. Dr. Eilish Cleary, chief med .....
Preparation and planning will help businesses ensure they can continue to operate during a pandemic and help reduce the spread of infection in communities.
The following update on the H1N1 flu virus was issued by the Office of the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health for New Brunswick on Thursday, Oct. 15.
A $1-million investment was recently presented to the Atlantic Cancer Research Institute (ACRI) as part of a commitment by the Department of Health to invest $5 million to ACRI over the next five year .....
The components of a public awareness campaign encouraging New Brunswickers to be vaccinated against the seasonal flu were unveiled today by Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Paul Van Buynder. .....
The provincial government is investing $301,500 this fiscal year to provide three new anesthesia machines at the Edmundston Regional Hospital, Health Minister Mary Schryer has announced.
- The provincial government has awarded a $19-million contract to expand the emergency department at Saint John Regional Hospital. From left: Bill Knorr, of Steen Knorr Architecture Inc.; Health Minis .....
Dr. Eilish Cleary, chief medical officer of health, provided an update about the H1N1 flu virus on Thursday, Aug. 20. From left: Lyne St-Pierre-Ellis, executive-director, rural health, medical educati .....
Health minister meets with First Nations representatives
Health Minister Mary Schryer met with representatives from New Brunswick�s First Nations communities, Aboriginal organizations, Regional Health Authorities, and Health Canada�s First Nations Inuit Hea .....
Schools have received information packages to help them plan and prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu virus this fall. A student at Priestman Elementary Street School in Fredericton demonstrates the cor .....
Dr. Eilish Cleary, chief medical officer of health, and Valmond Guimond, human resources director and member of the pandemic planning committee with the Department of Education, provided an update on .....
Dr. Eilish Cleary, chief medical officer of health; Dr. Denis Allard, regional medical officer of health, East Region; and Heather-Anne MacLean, NB Power, provided an update on the H1N1 flu virus on T .....
Dr. Paul Van Buynder, deputy chief medical officer of health, provided an update on the H1N1 pandemic on Thursday, July 30, in Miramichi.
From left: Dr. Denis Allard, regional medical officer of h .....
Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Paul Van Buynder, and Lise Daigle (pictured), clinical services lead with the emergency operations centre, provided an update on the H1N1 flu virus on Thursd .....
Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Paul Van Buynder provided an update on the H1N1 flu virus on Thursday, July 16, at the Centennial Building in Fredericton. From left: Roberte O�Regan, exec .....
Patients and medical students in the Caraquet area now have improved services at the Enfant-J�sus RHSJ� Hospital. Eight new medical beds, four palliative-care beds and a medical education rural traini .....
Five more cases of the H1N1 virus in New Brunswick were confirmed today by the Department of Health. In May, at the height of public interest in the outbreak, Dr. Eilish Cleary, the province's chief m .....
An investigation by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) concludes that no health threat is posed by arsenic in Blackville. Health Minister Michael Murphy released the report, Investigation of El .....
Testing for the human papillomarivus (HPV) will be available to New Brunswickers for the first time within their home province, beginning this fall. The Saint John Regional Hospital, through its labor .....
Measures to improve access to methadone treatment were announced today by Health Minister Michael Murphy. From left: Supply and Services Minister Ed Doherty; Bill Reid, chief of police, Saint John; .....
Government officials continue to prepare for all likelihoods as the H1N1 virus continues to spread at a steady pace, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Eilish Cleary, said in a news .....
A satellite palliative care unit at the St. Joseph Community Health Centre in Dalhousie officially opened today. Health Minister Michael Murphy; Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister .....
A second case of the H1N1 flu virus has been confirmed in New Brunswick. Dr. Eilish Cleary, the chief medical officer of health for New Brunswick, made this announcement today.
There is one confirmed case of H1N1 flu virus (human swine influenza) in the province. Pictured: Dr. Eilish Cleary, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health.
The provincial government is making a historic investment in cancer research, investing $5 million over five years in Moncton's Atlantic Cancer Research Institute (ACRI).
The Department of Health has been closely monitoring the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, the United States and now Canada since Monday, April 20. Dr. Eilish Cleary, chief medical officer of health, s .....
A second case of the H1N1 flu virus has been confirmed in New Brunswick. Dr. Eilish Cleary, the chief medical officer of health for New Brunswick, made this announcement today.
Upcoming legislation will ban smoking in cars when children are present, and the sale of cigarillos will be restricted, Health Minister Michael Murphy announced today at an assembly at Quispamsis Midd .....
Changes have been made to the way pathology services are delivered in New Brunswick's health-care system, following the Inquiry into Pathology Services at the Miramichi Regional Hospital. Health Minis .....
A retinal surgery program will be established this year at the St. Joseph's Hospital, with financial support from the provincial government. Health Minister Michael Murphy and Supply and Services Min .....
Health Minister Michael Murphy today announced the launch of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a provincial campaign that will run throughout the month of February. It is supported by 13 suicide pre .....
Space shortages at the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Regional Hospital in Moncton will be addressed with a $73-million, two-storey addition and a new power plant, Health Minister Michael Murphy announced toda .....
A wellness centre will be set up on the west side of Saint John with financial support from the provincial government. Health Minister Michael Murphy and Supply and Services Minister Ed Doherty made .....
Ten individuals and groups from across the province were recognized for their volunteer activities to promote addiction awareness and healthy living. The winners of the 2008 Community Star Awards were .....
A sod-turning ceremony and the announcement of a $5.4-million contract have marked the start of construction on an addition to house the new emergency department at the Saint John Regional Hospital. H .....
More than $154 million will be invested in new and enhanced health services over the next four years as part of the new Provincial Health Plan released today by Health Minister Michael Murphy.
A cervical cancer vaccination and screening strategy will be part of the new provincial health plan, Health Minister Michael Murphy announced today. From left: Dr. S. Eshwar Kumar, co-CEO, New Brunswi .....
Major new construction projects in Campbellton and Moncton highlight a $57.48-million capital budget for the Department of Health. Projects outlined by Murphy in a speech to the legislature included t .....
50th anniversary for Stan Cassidy Rehabilitation Centre
Premier Shawn Graham recently participated in the 50th anniversary of the Stan Cassidy Rehabilitation Centre in Fredericton. The premier, along with Fredericton Mayor Brad Woodside, left, presented a .....
Health Minister Michael Murphy and Supply and Services Minister Roly MacIntyre today officially took part in a ribbon cutting for the new, $85-million Upper River Valley Hospital in Waterville. The ho .....
Health Minister Michael Murphy today released the report of the New Brunswick Task Force on Personal Health Information, entitled Balancing Privacy Rights and Access Requirements.
Silken Laumann, a three-time Olympic medal winner now recognized as one of Canada's most inspirational speakers, recently delivered the keynote address at the 2007 Health Summit. She is pictured with .....
Contracts have been signed for four major pieces in the province's e-health strategy, Health Minister Mike Murphy announced today. The systems are an Interoperable Electronic Health Record, a Client R .....
Enhanced home-support services, enhanced special-care-home services, and the piloting of quick-response teams in emergency departments are among the new initiatives being launched by the New Brunswick .....
Health Minister Michael Murphy today released a consultant's report on the development of an integrated provincial trauma care system for seriously injured patients, as well as an expert review of the .....
All ambulance services - land, air and dispatch - will be consolidated within the next six months under a new public sector company, Ambulance New Brunswick. From left: Health Minister Michael Murphy .....
The provincial government will fund three regional oncology clinics so cancer patients in northern New Brunswick can receive chemotherapy in their own health region, Health Minister Michael Murphy ann .....
The Government of New Brunswick has taken the next step toward holding tobacco companies financially responsible for the health-care costs of tobacco-related illnesses. Attorney General T.J. Burke has .....
The Province signed a new collective agreement today with the New Brunswick Nurses Union. Pictured, Human Resources Minister H�dard Albert, centre, and Health Minister Michael Murphy, rear, with membe .....
Michael Murphy signs the register to become Minister of Health in the presence of Lt.-Gov. Herm�n�gilde Chiasson, Premier Shawn Graham, and Clerk of the Executive Council, Maurice Bernier.
A $29-million contract has been awarded to a New Brunswick firm to begin Phase 2 of The Moncton Hospital's new ambulatory-care project. The announcement was made today by Premier Bernard Lord; Donald .....
A $24-million investment to create a new health-information system for patients served by the Atlantic Health Sciences Corp. was announced today in Saint John by Premier Bernard Lord.
Staff members of the local Extra-Mural Program will be relocated to the provincially owned building at 532 Madawaska Rd. in Grand Falls, Premier Bernard Lord announced today. From left: Wellness, Cu .....
A new three-year agreement between the province and the New Brunswick Medical Society will further enhance New Brunswick's ability to recruit and retain physicians, says Health Minister Brad Green. F .....
A new $3-million mobile-MRI unit for patients served by the Restigouche Health Authority, the Acadie-Bathurst Health Authority and the Miramichi Regional Health Authority was unveiled today.�From left .....
A third cardiac-catheterization laboratory at the New Brunswick Heart Centre in Saint John was officially opened recently. Health Minister Brad Green and William Teed, chairman of the board of direct .....
Land, air and dispatch ambulance services will be consolidated under a new public-sector company to ensure that New Brunswickers, no matter where they live, have access to the same high-quality pre-ho .....
Health Minister Brad Green, right, recently presented a $2,500 cheque on behalf of the Government of New Brunswick to George Piers, executive director of the Fredericton Community Kitchen. The organiz .....
The Chalmers Regional Hospital Foundation recently announced that it will seek to raise $1 million towards the purchase of a new fixed MRI machine for the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fre .....
Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud (centre) recently signed a declaration to recognize the month of February as Psychology Month in New Brunswick. With Robichaud are Dr. Jean Craven (left) a .....
The official opening of the new satellite dialysis unit at the Sussex Health Centre took place today, and the first patients of the unit are scheduled to arrive next week.
The Government of New Brunswick announced today that a new $750,000 intern residence will be built on the grounds of the Upper River Valley Hospital in Waterville.
Official opening held for satellite dialysis unit in Bath
The official opening of the new satellite dialysis unit in the Northern Carleton Hospital in Bath took place today, only a week after serving its first patients.
As part of the provincial health plan, Healthy Futures, a new provincial service has been established to provide ongoing support for New Brunswickers who suffer from the rare metabolic disorder .....
Minister Robichaud receives Prix Jean-Robert-Gauthier
Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud recently received the Prix Jean-Robert-Gauthier, presented by the F�d�ration nationale des conseils scolaires francophones (FNCSF), a national association o .....
A new $350,000 digital radiographic/fluoroscopic diagnostic unit was unveiled today at the Charlotte County Hospital by Premier Bernard Lord and Nick Ganong, member of the board of directors of the At .....
A sod-turning ceremony was held today to launch construction of an $11.528-million surgical suite addition at the Chaleur Regional Hospital. This is the largest capital investment in the hospital sinc .....
Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud today announced the appointments of Dr. S. Eshwar Kumar (right) of Rothesay and Dr. R�jean Savoie (left) of Moncton as co-chief executive officers of the Ne .....
The Restigouche Health Authority will receive $3.54 million for the purchase of new medical equipment, including a new CT Scanner, Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud announced today.
A sod-turning ceremony was held today to launch construction of The Moncton Hospital's new $47-million ambulatory care project. Taking part in the event were from left : Donn Peters, CEO and President .....
Regional Health Authority 4 will receive $2.865 million for the purchase of new medical equipment, including a CT scanner, Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud announced today.
New Brunswick nurses working in emergency rooms are now able to assess, treat and discharge patients who do not require immediate services by a physician, Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud a .....
River Valley Health Authority will receive $3.155 million to purchase medical equipment, including equipment for the new Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation. The announcement was made by Health and .....
The Acadie-Bathurst Health Authority will receive $3.575 million for the purchase of medical equipment, including a new mobile Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit, Health and Wellness Minister Elvy .....
New Brunswick students enrolled in the medical doctorate program of Universit� de Sherbrooke will receive all their training in New Brunswick starting September 2006.
A 10-month training program for new ambulance paramedics will be available in the Acadian Peninsula beginning this September, Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud announced today.
Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud, centre, was honoured June 16 by the Canadian Cancer Society for his leadership in implementing the Sm .....
Construction will soon begin on the new satellite dialysis unit being established at the Sussex Health Centre, and the centre should be completed by the end November, Health and Wellness Minister Elvy .....
New Brunswick is the first province in Atlantic Canada to commit to the acquisition of PET/CT scanners, a leading edge diagnostic imaging device used to detect and help treat cancers, Premier Bernard .....
Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud today released the Belledune Area Health Study and announced further actions to study human and environmental health issues in the area.
Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud and principal researcher Dr. Monique S�guin today released a study into the contributing factors leading to suicide and what can be done to improve suicide .....
Regional Health Authority 4 will receive $530,000 to purchase a CO2 surgery laser and automated drug dispensary system, Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud announced today.
The Government of New Brunswick today unveiled the artist's rendering for the new state-of-the-art Upper River Valley Hospital. Construction of the new hospital is one of the commitments in the provin .....
Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud took part in an announcement by the Healthy Eating Physical Activity Coalition of New Brunswick (HEPAC) of partnerships with 16 organizations from non-profi .....
Premier Bernard Lord and Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud met with Heather Crowe today to discuss the government's commitment to implement smoke-free legislation as part of the Provincial H .....
Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud announced today that the government is prepared to spend $2.5 million over the next five years to provide publicly- funded flu vaccines to infants between t .....
Premier Bernard Lord and Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud released the four-year Provincial Health Plan which is entitled "Healthy Futures: Securing New Brunswick's Health Care System" toda .....
Health and Wellness Minister Elvy Robichaud today announced the realignment of health-care service delivery in Region 3. This will include the construction of a new hospital adjacent to the planned Ha .....
Ground was broken today for the new Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation and Chalmers Regional Hospital Expansion Project in Fredericton. Premier Bernard Lord was joined by representatives from Rive .....
