The New Brunswick Medical Society is extremely concerned by the failure of government, the regional health authorities, and a third-party security firm to provide adequate security in New Brunswick hospitals. [Read More...]
The New Brunswick Medical Society is concerned about the capacity issues and closure of services at the Campbellton Regional Hospital. New Brunswick has the largest proportion of seniors in the country; without a clear plan to address their health-care needs outside of hospital, these unfortunate circumstances will continue to occur around our province. [Read More...]
The New Brunswick Medical Society (NBMS) is relaunching its Legal, Not Safe campaign on Thursday, Oct. 17, as the federal government legalizes the production and sale of edible cannabis, cannabis extracts and cannabis topicals. [Read More...]
New Brunswick physicians are concerned about the news of Clinic 554’s impending closure. [Read More...]
The New Brunswick Medical Society applauds the provincial government’s announcement today to end the billing number system for family physicians and specialists as of Dec. 15. [Read More...]
The evidence is overwhelming. Over the past several years New Brunswick has experienced an alarming increase in obesity rates among adults, children, and its youth. And while obesity itself may often be overlooked as a chronic condition, Health Canada cautions that obesity is directly linked to many chronic diseases, like diabetes, asthma, heart disease, stroke [Read More...]
The New Brunswick Medical Society is pleased to hear the measles outbreak has been declared over. We thank the dedicated physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and Public Health officials for their diligent work and professionalism through this challenging outbreak. [Read More...]
The New Brunswick Medical Society supports the provincial government’s proposed changes to the Education and Public Health Acts that would remove non-medical exemptions from the mandatory immunization requirements for public school and licensed early learning and child care admissions. [Read More...]