But there is another group of people the minister knows of for whom he has even more concern. Health Minister Zach Churchill, who is also the MLA for Yarmouth, knows of constituents who turn down cancer treatment because they cannot make trips to Halifax. "There's a lot of anxiety going along with [cancer treatment]," said Hollenhorst. In the last year, the site at Yarmouth Regional Hospital treated about 320 patients from Digby, Shelburne and Yarmouth counties. That means finding ways to group more appointments together in order to reduce the number of trips patients and loved ones need to make, said Hollenhorst.

Source: CBC News June 14, 2021 18:31 UTC