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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Health Council's Snapshot Shows Improvements

The New Brunswick Health Council's population health snapshot has some good news including improved access for people in the province looking for a family doctor.


The snapshots for the province are updated for all seven zones with most up to date information available.

Stephane Robichaud is the Chief Executive Officer at the N.B.H.C. and he tells CHSJ News an increase in the number of doctors is good news and there are improvements on wait times for certain procedures as well.

C.O.P.D. or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is third in the list of top ten reasons for hospital admissions despite the fact that it impacts only 2.7 per cent of the population.

To have a look at the population health snapshot, click here