A backlog at the QEII Health Sciences Centre emergency room this week had some patients waiting days to be admitted to hospital, and the provincial health authority says the problem is not limited to Halifax. The emergency room has been getting approximately 220 patients a day, compared with one year ago when the average was 190, he said. (CBC)There are 36 beds in the hospital's emergency room. Other hospitals such as the Dartmouth General Hospital, Hants Community Hospital and hospitals in Cape Breton are seeing the same pattern. This freed up some room to clear the emergency room backlog.

Source: CBC News February 09, 2018 00:45 UTC