In the 12 years Kaylee Hermiston has worked in Nova Scotia’s health-care system, never has she experienced anything like the past week and a half. “It’s very eerie,” said Hermiston, who works as an anesthesia technician at the Halifax Infirmary and Victoria General Hospital. “Just the unknown of what’s going to come, or might come, or not come. “But it’s amazing to see how as a team … we’re all just working together to try and be there for each other.” As of Tuesday, there are 51 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Nova Scotia.
Two of the patients needed to be hospitalized, and one has since been released. As that number grows, hospitals across the province are gearing up for the worst.