More than 100 appointments at a hospital in Amherst, N.S., had to be cancelled Wednesday amid a blockade at the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border that left employees trying to get to work feeling demoralized, a hospital spokesperson said. John Wright, health services director at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre, said 110 appointments were cancelled for a range of services including diagnostics, heart and breathing tests and surgical and prenatal clinics. There were a few babies that were waiting to go to the [IWK Health Centre in Halifax]. IWK says no appointments cancelledBut in an email Thursday, a spokesperson for the IWK Health Centre insisted there were no missed or cancelled appointments at the children's hospital as a result of the blockade. Nova Scotia health authority spokesperson Brendan Elliott said in an email that services in programs such as mental health and addictions and continuing care were also impacted.

Source: CBC News June 24, 2021 18:25 UTC