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Department of Health

Media Contacts

The department's communications branch coordinates media interviews and provides information to media about our programs and the public health system.

For all media calls 424-5886

 

To ensure your request is received promptly, media should call our central branch number at 424-5886. Please use this number after regular business hours to get an on-call number.

Department of Health Communication Contacts:

Valerie Bellefontaine, Communications Director
Phone: 424 -7942

Brett Loney, Senior Communications Advisor
Phone: 424-3034

Krista Higdon, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -2583

Kristen Rector, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -2727

Avril Vollenhoven, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -3731

Nicole Watkins Campbell, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -8840

Ryan Van Horne, Communications Officer
Phone: 424 -2608

Emergency Medical Care

For media calls related to paramedics and the provincial ground ambulance service
1-888-255-6606

 

Department of Health Promotion and Protection

Sue McKeage, Director of Communications
Phone: 424 - 0913
www.gov.ns.ca/hpp

 

District Health Authorities

These Public Relations staff at the province's district health authorities and the IWK Health Centre are able to handle media calls related to their services and facilities.

South Shore Health - Theresa Hawksworth 902-527-2266

  • Fishermen's Memorial Hospital, Lunenburg
  • Queens General Hospital, Liverpool
  • South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater

Southwest Health - Fraser Mooney, 902-749-0517

  • Digby General Hospital, Digby
  • Yarmouth Regional Hospital, Yarmouth
  • Roseway Hospital, Shelburne

Annapolis Valley Health - Tamara Gilley 902-538-3432

  • Annapolis Community Health Centre, Annapolis Royal
  • Eastern Kings Memorial Health Centre, Wolfville
  • Soldier's Memorial Hospital, Middleton
  • Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville
  • Western Kings Memorial Health Centre, Berwick

Colchester East Hants Health Authority - Krista Wood 902-893-5554 ext. 2409

  • Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro
  • Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital, Tatamagouche

Cumberland Health Authority - Ann Keddy 902-661-1090

  • All Saints Springhill Hospital, Springhill
  • Bayview Memorial Health Centre, Advocate Harbour
  • North Cumberland Memorial Hospital, Pugwash
  • South Cumberland Community Care Centre, Parrsboro

Pictou County Health Authority - Eileen MacIsaac 902-752-7600 ext. 1124

  • Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow
  • Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital, Pictou

Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority - Heather MacKay 902-867-4262

  • Eastern Memorial Hospital, Canso
  • Guysborough Memorial Hospital, Guysborough
  • St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish
  • St. Mary's Memorial Hospital, Sherbrooke
  • St Anne's Community & Nursing Care Centre, Arichat
  • Strait-Richmond Hospital, Cleveland

Cape Breton District Health Authority - Greg Boone 902-567-7791

  • Buchanan Memorial Hospital, Neils Harbour
  • Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney
  • Glace Bay Health Care Corporation, Glace Bay
  • Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital, Inverness
  • New Waterford Consolidated Hospital, New Waterford
  • Northside General, North Sydney
  • Sacred Heart Hospital, Cheticamp
  • Victoria County Memorial Hospital, Baddeck

Capital Health - Public Affairs pager 902-458-5376

  • Cobequid Community Health Centre, Lower Sackville
  • Dartmouth General Hospital, Dartmouth
  • Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital, Sheet Harbour
  • Hants Community Hospital, Windsor
  • Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital & Home for Special Care, Middle Musquodoboit
  • Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax
  • The Nova Scotia Hospital, Dartmouth
  • Twin Oaks Memorial, Musquodoboit Harbour
  • Victoria General (VG) Site