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This also includes increasing the number of appointments available in clinics for IV treatments, blood transfusions, wound care and specialist consultations.Most blood collection services have also resumed at hospitals, but by appointment-only.NSHA said in the release it was prepared for increased demand of its mental health and addiction services.
From Mar. 22 to May 30, the Mental Health and Addictions Program staff responded to 4,945 calls to the provincial crisis line.Doctors also completed 36,012 mental health appointments by phone or video, a service that wasn’t always.