Centre expands family health team to improve primary care access

The family health team at the Lamèque Hospital and Community Health Centre has expanded. Two nurses and a social worker recently joined the team, which will allow it to handle minor emergencies for patients within 48 hours by the end of this month. From left: Marie-Josée Roussel, Vitalité Health Network’s manager of logistics and patient flow in Lamèque; Stéphanie Roy, Vitalité Health Network’s corporate director of primary health care; Premier Susan Holt; Health Minister John Dornan; and Patrick Parent, assistant CEO of Vitalité Health Network.