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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

Krista Chapdelaine, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -2583

Kristen Rector, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -2727

Michelle Perry, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -3731

Pamela Hafey, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -3976

Nicole Watkins Campbell, Communications Advisor
Phone: 424 -8840

Emergency Medical Care

For media calls related to paramedics and the provincial ground ambulance service
Jean Spicer, Public Relations Officer
Phone: 832 -8336
Cellular: 456 -7213

 

Department of Health Promotion and Protection

Sue McKeage, Director of Communications
Phone: 424 - 4410
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 - Barbara Johnson 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