Provincial data obtained through a freedom-of-information request reveals that the number of people in B.C. leaving emergency ...

Between Oct. 5 -12, 89 patients were seen at the virtual emergency department at CHEO. A spokesperson for the hospital says 86 per cent were able to get the care they needed and remain at home.

The patients affected have not yet been seen by health-care providers, are not within meters of health-care services, and their urgencies are not known. These patients are at home, in unknown duress, ...

3 years ago The virtual care option is being used at the Colchester East Hants Health Centre. It's a way of diverting people who are less acutely ill away from the lineup for in-person care at the ER.