The two young women are cut off from their income as well as incontinence supplies when they are in the U.S. and need to be reassessed for benefits each time they return to Canada.
Horizon Health temporarily closed the Moncton detox centre in early July due to a critical shortage of registered nurses, at the time saying the centre would open in “late summer”.
About 300 people attended the march, which was organized by Moncton not-for-profit group River of Pride. Participants expressed concerns with the recent changes to Policy 713.
A 98-year-old New Brunswick man has spent seven months in hospital while waiting for a spot in long-term care. He was hospitalized in May following a heart attack.
The New Brunswick Medical Society believes programs offered by the province for patients without family doctors may actually be contributing to the physician shortage.