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[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Colin May

Sensible decisions, peninsula Halifax is not the centre of the health universe and not as accessible to the majority of HRm residents and those in abutting areas.

I agree. As cities grow, they often develop multiple hospital campuses.

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by Colin May

Sensible decisions, peninsula Halifax is not the centre of the health universe and not as accessible to the majority of HRm residents and those in abutting areas.

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I agree. As cities grow, they often develop multiple hospital campuses.

[Colin May]

Major hospital in Vancouver and another in North Vancouver - in 2019 I spent 12 days in the latter after falling when dismounting from a bike in Pemberton. Broke my hip,went to the village clinic, then transferred to Whistler and then transferred to Lions Gate hospital in N Vancouver where I received a new hip and had several other trips from the ward down to the ER. Excellent care, I am lucky to be alive. The surgeon was the top orthopedic surgeon in western Canada. Ended up with PTSD, which can be a real pain at times. If you have a similar experience on the north side make sure you ask for Dr Sidky. The paramedic service was excellent and expensive - $350 for one trip and $3,500 for a helicopter. The bills went to NS department of Health and I don't have a clue as to the total amount - specialists are not cheap and I saw several of them. My wife understood everything because she had been an RN in Britain and Canada.

[Dartguard]

Originally Posted by Colin May

Major hospital in Vancouver and another in North Vancouver - in 2019 I spent 12 days in the latter after falling when dismounting from a bike in Pemberton. Broke my hip,went to the village clinic, then transferred to Whistler and then transferred to Lions Gate hospital in N Vancouver where I received a new hip and had several other trips from the ward down to the ER. Excellent care, I am lucky to be alive. The surgeon was the top orthopedic surgeon in western Canada. Ended up with PTSD, which can be a real pain at times. If you have a similar experience on the north side make sure you ask for Dr Sidky. The paramedic service was excellent and expensive - $350 for one trip and $3,500 for a helicopter. The bills went to NS department of Health and I don't have a clue as to the total amount - specialists are not cheap and I saw several of them. My wife understood everything because she had been an RN in Britain and Canada.

I am pretty sure NS Health paid all the bills B.C. Submitted. The Problem for Nova Scotia are Quebec residents getting sick here as Quebec pays what or not, what they want. The other problem is American tourists. My Brother attended a cycling accident victim that got hurt in C.B. and another elderly passenger off one the Cruise ships. Hundreds of thousands for both patients as recovery was weeks for both.Neither offered their Credit card as they are used to do in the States. The U.S. Military however pay promptly and whatever the system bills.

When the Afghan war was on the Yanks used to bring some very wounded troops out of Ramstein Germany to Walter Reed in Washington. It was surprising how many American soldiers wound up in the QE II ICU after their conditions worsened over the Atlantic. My Brother had to literally pull rank on a team escorting a very sick soldier as the Boys were a little too Rah Rah USA and started ordering Canadian staff around. My Brother demanded to be addressed as Captain .... . The fellas fell into line after that.

Dalhousie and Memorial generate about 80% of the Canadian Forces Doctors. My Brother had quite the extensive Med Library when he graduated and no debt. Paid them back with three years of service in Ottawa and Cornwallis.Then went to Boston for seven years to get the anesthesiologists specialty.

[kzt79]

Originally Posted by Dartguard

I am pretty sure NS Health paid all the bills B.C. Submitted. The Problem for Nova Scotia are Quebec residents getting sick here as Quebec pays what or not, what they want. The other problem is American tourists. My Brother attended a cycling accident victim that got hurt in C.B. and another elderly passenger off one the Cruise ships. Hundreds of thousands for both patients as recovery was weeks for both.Neither offered their Credit card as they are used to do in the States. The U.S. Military however pay promptly and whatever the system bills.

When the Afghan war was on the Yanks used to bring some very wounded troops out of Ramstein Germany to Walter Reed in Washington. It was surprising how many American soldiers wound up in the QE II ICU after their conditions worsened over the Atlantic. My Brother had to literally pull rank on a team escorting a very sick soldier as the Boys were a little too Rah Rah USA and started ordering Canadian staff around. My Brother demanded to be addressed as Captain .... . The fellas fell into line after that.

Dalhousie and Memorial generate about 80% of the Canadian Forces Doctors. My Brother had quite the extensive Med Library when he graduated and no debt. Paid them back with three years of service in Ottawa and Cornwallis.Then went to Boston for seven years to get the anesthesiologists specialty.

I am not aware of a single Nova Scotian physician ever being reimbursed by Quebec for services provided to Quebec patients in NS. Most other provinces have functioning reciprocal agreements.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by Colin May

Major hospital in Vancouver and another in North Vancouver - in 2019 I spent 12 days in the latter after falling when dismounting from a bike in Pemberton. Broke my hip,went to the village clinic, then transferred to Whistler and then transferred to Lions Gate hospital in N Vancouver where I received a new hip and had several other trips from the ward down to the ER. Excellent care, I am lucky to be alive.

Glad you survived that ordeal Colin. A sad lesson on the dangers of using obsolete Victorian-era velocipedes in today's world. Those things need tough regulation.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by kzt79

I am not aware of a single Nova Scotian physician ever being reimbursed by Quebec for services provided to Quebec patients in NS. Most other provinces have functioning reciprocal agreements.

Quebec pays only the barest lip service to the portability provisions of the Medicare Act (just like Quebec is largely indifferent to Canada in general). The Moncton Hospital sometimes gets referrals for tertiary service from the Gaspe (especially neurosurgery), and the Quebec government are notorious for their non payment of bills.

[eastcoastal]

Originally Posted by TheCuriousMind

I don't get why they're still not building up on top of the newer emergency wing, which according to my father who's worked at the QEII since '95, was designed to accomodate future upward expansion...

Didn't they build on top of the existing ED within the past couple years? I think they added a floor or two of offices and support space

[Haliguy]

Originally Posted by Summerville

This may be all that we see at this location. The province recently bought land adjacent to the Dartmouth General to build a hospital of similar size to the new infirmary. Cobequid is set to be expanded and more land was purchased next to the new outpatient hospital in bayers lake

That would be a ways off and not as large.

[Musicman Halifax]

Drove by tonight and there seems to be an excavator on-site.

[q12]

Website for updates to the QEII Halifax Infirmary Expansion Project:

https://buildns.ca/healthcare/hiep/

News release
QEII Halifax Infirmary Expansion Project Underway
27 March 2024

Work has started on the QEII Halifax Infirmary Expansion Project with heavy equipment, site trailers and fencing now in place. Construction of a new emergency department entrance and renovations to the ambulance entryway will start first.

Quick Facts:

• fencing has been installed along Bell Road between Robie and Summer streets
• the new emergency department entrance is at 1840 Bell Rd., and renovations to the ambulance entryway are on Summer Street
• the Province is investing $254 million in this phase of the project

https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2024/0...oject-underway

This updated render includes the recently built parkade on Summer St. They say this is a rendering of how the acute-care tower project could look, subject to change.

[Keith P.]

One wonders why the surface parking lot shown to the left in the rendering at the corner of Bell and Summer could not be used to relocate the existing garage (or replace it with a new one). The existing garage is very useful not only for staff but for ill/disabled patients visiting the outpatient clinics which at least currently require access from the Robie st side of the facility. One wonders if the NSHA has thought through additional or relocated registration facilities as the existing facility gets torn apart.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...sion-1.7157515

[Musquodoboit County]

So is the garrison grounds going to be a parking lot? I'm fine with that because it can easily be reclaimed lated but man that's a long walk in the wind and cold and rain to the hospital

[Musquodoboit County]

What about shutting down bell road from quinpool to summers street. That section of street could be used as temporary linear parking lot.

[Summerville]

Originally Posted by Musquodoboit County

So is the garrison grounds going to be a parking lot? I'm fine with that because it can easily be reclaimed lated but man that's a long walk in the wind and cold and rain to the hospital

It’s actually not the Garrison Grounds that they want to pave. It’s the grass area between two parking lots.

This area was previously the site of several DND buildings. I think the Friends of the Grass Yard are saying that no parking should be allowed because of the climate emergency.

I agree that we have a climate emergency, but I do not see an issue with this proposal

[Musquodoboit County]

I was in Toronto not too long ago because my son was in SickKids and was delivered at Mount Sinai hospital. Anyways I spent a lot of time in the hospital district there. One thing that was an issue was always parking. However I think the private sector had got involved and built Multi level parking garages owned by Precise ParkLink and Indigo Parking with a daily max of $20. Let's hope parking isn't an issue with our new massive hospital.

[JET]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

One wonders why the surface parking lot shown to the left in the rendering at the corner of Bell and Summer could not be used to relocate the existing garage (or replace it with a new one). The existing garage is very useful not only for staff but for ill/disabled patients visiting the outpatient clinics which at least currently require access from the Robie st side of the facility. One wonders if the NSHA has thought through additional or relocated registration facilities as the existing facility gets torn apart.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...sion-1.7157515

An earlier rendering had another parkade at the location of the surface lot, don’t know why that was deleted from the plan.

[Haliguy]

Originally Posted by JET

An earlier rendering had another parkade at the location of the surface lot, don’t know why that was deleted from the plan.

I found that quite strange as well.

[Drybrain]

Originally Posted by Haliguy

I found that quite strange as well.

The new rendering looks like it treats the corner of Bell and Robie better--more green space and landscaping and what appear to be walking paths. Replacing the parking structure with a surface lot does seem like a strange choice (though I guess a garage can always be built later). I consider myself pretty skeptical of claims about parking difficulties and the need for more urban core parking, but a hospital is a definite exception given the mobility issues, health concerns, etc., intrinsic to it, and of course the fact that this is a regionally important facility with loads of people from out of town.

[new2halifax]

Good point!

How is this not even discussed? Would be very disappointing (and frightening tbh) if the answer is that no one involved in the project thought about this...

Originally Posted by Keith P.

One wonders why the surface parking lot shown to the left in the rendering at the corner of Bell and Summer could not be used to relocate the existing garage (or replace it with a new one). The existing garage is very useful not only for staff but for ill/disabled patients visiting the outpatient clinics which at least currently require access from the Robie st side of the facility. One wonders if the NSHA has thought through additional or relocated registration facilities as the existing facility gets torn apart.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...sion-1.7157515