r/halifax • u/toneyriver12 • 12h ago

News, Weather & Politics MLAs grill health-care officials on gynecology recruitment | CBC Nova Scotia

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/health-care-gynecology-doctor-recruitment-9.7379421
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u/Abject-Cricket-8358 12h ago

Unless there is more OR time, you won’t get interest in recruiting my gynaecologists from the existing ones as the OR is a rare limiting factor and no one wants to give up OR time to let someone else join in. That pie is finite. It is not as simple as “more gynaecologists”. You need more tax dollars to run more ORs, more staffing for ORs/preop/recovery. Office gynaecology with no OR needs? Sure! But most need OR access to work.

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u/IStillListenToRadio Float me down the river to the Musquodoboit harbor 9h ago

And even simple procedures like endometrial biopsy and IUD insertion sometimes need an operating room (source: I had both done with IV sedation after the first biopsy attempt failed)

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u/AphraelSelene 8h ago

I had multiple done with nothing at all and NEVER AGAIN. I will wait until they can put me in an OR room it was awful

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u/lcdr_hairyass 12h ago

NS gynecology is a complete failure. This province does not value women in the least. I'm dreading the day my daughter needs those services because it's like a 3 yr wait.

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u/Ok_Explanation7226 9h ago

Hopefully your daughter won’t require an obgyn 🤞🏻. If she just needs regular pelvic healthcare then a GP or NP is totally fine!

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u/tengosuenocabron 10h ago

All specialists are failures

Its a collapsing system

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u/fart-sparkles 9h ago

All specialists are failures

That's not a serious take.

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u/tengosuenocabron 9h ago

I meant the departments or clinics, not the actual doctors providing services.

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u/pinkbootstrap Dartmouth 7h ago

I am so desperate for them to do something 😭

Its completely inhumane how myself and (what I can only assume are thousands of) others are living here.