Northern Cape Breton health-care woes prompt emergency debate at legislature
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New Democrat MLA Claudia Chender, who represents Dartmouth South, noted the geography challenges facing people in Neils Harbour and the surrounding rural areas.
They are more than two hours from another hospital, including the Cape Breton Regional in Sydney, and weather in the area can makes it difficult, if not impossible, to leave the community.
‘We have challenges at the Dartmouth General, we have challenges across the province,’ said Chender.
‘But for many of us, we've got good roads and flat geography and the ability, even if it is by taxi — which it never should be — to get somewhere else. These residents don't have that same luxury.’
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