The province's state of emergency has not affected planning for the government's health-care redevelopment project in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, says the project's newly appointed senior medical director. Dr. Elwood MacMullin was recently named senior medical director of the Cape Breton health-care redevelopment project. (Nova Scotia Health Authority)The redevelopment project will see community hospitals in New Waterford and North Sydney close. They will be replaced with community health centres and expanded long-term care facilities. It will also include expansion of other services at the Glace Bay hospital and the regional hospital in Sydney.

Source: CBC News May 06, 2020 09:00 UTC