Cape Breton doctor threatens to leave community over promised health-care complex
2026-10-28 from ctvnews.ca
With another winter coming up, ground still has not been broken on a new health-care complex that announced for New Waterford, N.S., more than eight years ago.
“We have been waiting patiently – and not so patiently – for construction to start,” said Dr. Jennifer Lange, a family physician and site lead at the New Waterford Consolidated Hospital.
The new building was supposed to replace New Waterford Consolidated, which was built in 1963. Physicians said the aging building has become a subpar place to work and deliver care, not to mention a tough sell when trying to recruit new doctors.
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