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 -7942Brett Loney, Senior Communications Advisor
Phone: 424-3034Krista Higdon, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -2583Kristen Rector, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -2727Avril Vollenhoven, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -3731Nicole Watkins Campbell, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -8840Ryan 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
- South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater
- Memorial Hospital, Lunenburg
- Queens General Hospital, Liverpool
Southwest Health - Fraser Mooney, 902-749-0517
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital, Yarmouth
- Roseway Hospital, Shelburne
- Digby General Hospital, Digby
Annapolis Valley Health - Jan MacKinnon 902-538-3443
- Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville
- Annapolis Community Health Centre, Annapolis Royal
- Soldier's Memorial Hospital, Middleton
- Kings Regional Health & Regional Rehabilitation Centre, Waterville
- Western Kings Memorial Health Centre, Berwick
- Eastern Kings Memorial Health Centre, Wolfville
Colchester East Hants Health Authority - Karen Theriault 902-893-5554 ext. 2409
- Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro
- Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital, Tatamagouche
Cumberland Health Authority - Ann Keddy 902-661-1090
- Highland View Regional Hospital, Amherst
- All Saints Springhill Hospital, Springhill
- South Cumberland Community Care Centre, Parrsboro
- Bayview Memorial Health Centre, Advocate Harbour
- North Cumberland Memorial Hospital, Pugwash
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 - Mitra Foroutan 902-867-4262
- St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish
- St. Mary's Memorial Hospital, Sherbrooke
- Guysborough Memorial Hospital, Guysborough
- Eastern Memorial Hospital, Canso
- St Anne's Community & Nursing Care Centre, Arichat
- Strait-Richmond Hospital, Cleveland
Cape Breton District Health Authority - Greg Boone 902-567-7791
- Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney
- Glace Bay Health Care Corporation, Glace Bay
- New Waterford Consolidated Hospital, New Waterford
- Northside General, North Sydney
- Victoria County Memorial Hospital, Baddeck
- Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital, Inverness
- Sacred Heart Hospital, Cheticamp
- Buchanan Memorial Hospital, Neils Harbour
Capital Health - Public Affairs pager 902-458-5376
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax
- Dartmouth General Hospital, Dartmouth
- The Nova Scotia Hospital, Dartmouth
- Cobequid Community Health Centre, Lower Sackville
- Hants Community Hospital, Windsor
- Twin Oaks Memorial, Musquodoboit Harbour
- Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital, Sheet Harbour
- Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital & Home for Special Care, Middle Musquodoboit