NS Healthcare Heroes As we wrap up our Healthcare Heroes Campaign, we’re celebrating great nominations without photos! Thank you for sharing positive stories during COVID-19. Congratulations to these nominees: “I would like to nominated Kelsey MacDonald and the women of Cobble Stone Cottage at the RK MacDonald Nursing Home. It take a special [...]

NS Healthcare Hero: Lucas Cummings “I would like to nominate my husband Lucas Cummings. I am so proud of the time and compassion my husband puts into his work and the residents. Lucas works at the Hants Community Hospital where he has worked for nearly a decade. He cares so deeply about the [...]

NS Healthcare Hero: Karen Hall “I nominate Karen Hall. Karen works with Von as an LPN and has been recognized for her attitude towards patients and desire to go the extra mile. As an immigrant who moved here from Jamaica, she had to go through a lot to get her license accredited, and [...]

NS Healthcare Hero: Cindy Howard "I am nominating my daughter Cindy Howard. She's an RN working in ICU and emergency room, plus giving vaccines one day a week as extra. She is very good at her work. She deserves to be thanked. She works at Valley Regional in Kentville NS.  She has 2 [...]

NS Healthcare Hero: Ginny Sanford “I would like to nominate Ginny Sanford. Ginny is an LPN at Dykeland Lodge in Windsor, Nova Scotia. She is an amazing nurse with a big personality that everyone enjoys. She has a smile that will brighten up a whole room. We love her and appreciate her hard [...]

NS Healthcare Heroes: Shannex Elk Court “I would like to nominate the CCAs, RNs and LPNs at Shannex Elk Court in Brookfield. COVID-19 has been difficult for long-term care and a group of CCAs, RNs and LPNs along with support staff created a staff lead garden club that includes residents. Staff reached out [...]

NS Healthcare Hero: Jazmyn Mckinnon “This lovely lady works with me at VON Halifax as an LPN. She has worked tirelessly through the pandemic offering the best care possible to her clients. At the beginning of the first wave she volunteered to be redeployed to help Northwood during their outbreak! She has spent [...]

NS Healthcare Hero: Diane Vaters “My wife Diane is a CCA, with the Inverness County Home Support. She works in Port Hawkesbury. She treats all her clients with the utmost care and respect. My wife went back to school at 50, to obtain the CCA course. She studied hard and loves her career. [...]

NS Healthcare Hero: Zoe Christopherson “I would like to nominate my beautiful daughter Zoe. She works at Dykeland Lodge. She has two small children at home but works overtime at least 2 to 3 times a week leaving her husband in charge. Zoe is loved by all the residents in the lodge, not [...]

NS Healthcare Hero: Michelle Williams “I would like to nominate Michelle Williams. She helped out with her grandmother before she passed away in 2019. When the pandemic hit it was when she had just started taking her course at Dykland Lodge and unfortunately didn't complete it. She also was working in her field [...]