![]() Children who are not patients are not permitted in NSHA facilities at this time. Tests will be administered on a first come, first serve basis, meant to support those in the communities the rapid pop-up testing is taking place. Please note: All visitors, including support people, are asked to follow Nova Scotia Health's COVID-19 visitor restrictions and therefore may be screened by staff before entering any NSHA facility. One support person is also permitted for those coming to a facility for early labour assessment outside of a scheduled appointment (i.e.Please ensure both you and your support people have everything you need during and post labour, including personal care items for you and your baby. If your support people leave for any reason they will NOT be permitted to re-enter.Your support people cannot been diagnosed as COVID-19 positive or be a suspected case.This includes post labour, while you recover and transition to when you are discharged. Your support person cannot rotate or change through the labour process. Two support people are permitted with you during labour.For the most current visitor restrictions, please visit In keeping with Nova Scotia Health’s visitor restrictions, no support person is permitted to attend prenatal appointments with an expecting mother. Most prenatal services and clinics will continue. Masks alone will not prevent the spread of COVID-19 their main role is to protect others from your own respiratory secretions. Patients/visitors/essential support people wearing their own non-medical mask need to continue frequent hand hygiene, respiratory etiquette, and avoid touching their mask and face. If they are wearing their own non-medical mask, they will be asked to use a medical mask provided to them, after completing hand hygiene. Those who have respiratory symptoms will be given a medical mask at that time. Patients (and their essential support person) who enter a NSHA facility will be screened at the door. Nova Scotia Health is now requiring patients, visitors, and essential support people to wear a non-medical mask when in hospitals and other health care facilities. The Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness (DHW), following the announcement by the Public Health Agency of Canada, has recommendations and requirements (beginning July 24) around wearing masks. We thank you for your patience at this challenging time. ![]() Our teams are experiencing high call volumes and will do their very best to answer your call in a timely manner. If you have further questions please contact your health care team or clinic. ![]() There will continue to be service interruptions and information is available here: As much as possible, Nova Scotia Health is contacting scheduled patients and clients directly to notify them of cancellations. For information on service reintroduction please visit Patients are being contacted directly with appointments. The reintroduction of programs and services will be a gradual process and will take some. While we need to continue to respond to COVID-19 by testing, contact tracing and caring for COVID-19 patients, as of May 25, 2020, Nova Scotia Health is starting the process of reintroducing services. ![]() Many programs and services were suspended to support our response to COVID-19. ![]()
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