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Patients in Cumberland County, N.S., report health-care issues at border
COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t significantly disrupt appointments for patients who live in border communities, Gradstein said.It was initially a non-issue, she added, as long as people hadn’t tested positive for the virus and didn’t present with symptoms.However, once the border between the two provinces closed, patients were suddenly forced to consider a two-hour trip to Halifax for certain procedures.“People aren’t used to having to plan around that.