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Documents and Reports

IWK Quality Improvement Plan Scorecard: 2024/2025 Q3

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Date: May 5, 2025

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News and Stories

March 18, 2025 | 11 min read

Feeling truly heard is key: The role of social work in the Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain clinic

Linda MacEachern, photo by Ryan Wilson, IWK “Many women coming into this clinic have had long journeys of invalidation by health care, family members, and colleagues, so feeling truly heard is key,” says Linda MacEachern, social worker on the IWK...

Patient and Visitor Guide

What to Expect When You Arrive

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Please allow extra travel time for heavy traffic and limited parking. Construction of our new Emergency Department and limited parking in the area could cause significant delays. Please allow plenty of time before your appointment to get here safely and to park your vehicle. If it is possible and convenient

Patient and Visitor Guide

Nearby Accommodations

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If you need somewhere to stay near the IWK—whether just for a night, or for a longer-term stay—there are many convenient and affordable options. Ronald McDonald House® 5950 South Street, Halifax, N.S. Halifax’s Ronald McDonald House® serves as a “home away from home” for out-of-town families with sick children who

News and Stories

April 9, 2025 | 3 min read

Halifax dentists hand out adaptive products for kids with disabilities

from Carolyn Ray, CBC The IWK Health Centre's dentistry department is trying to teach parents of kids with disabilities different approaches to caring for their teeth, but the team says families face hurdles simply accessing the most effective products on...

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Children’s Health

Dr. Tracy Doyle stands in her dental clinic

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Mask Policy

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Masks are no longer required in IWK Health, including all clinical spaces. Masking will continue to be required for staff or physicians during any health care interactions in which the patient and/or support persons are wearing masks for any reason or are requesting that care providers wear a mask.

News and Stories

May 8, 2025 | 14 min read

IWK Health runs full-scale Code Orange simulation to test emergency preparedness

This past weekend, IWK Health put its emergency preparedness to the test with a large-scale simulation of a Code Orange response, a hospital-wide protocol for managing mass casualty events. The exercise brought together over 300 participants, including staff, physicians, learners...

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Innovation

Triage nurses and EHS responder assisting a simulartion dummy

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Pathology - Autopsy

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On-call pathologist for autopsy service: 902-470-8888 Inquiries from funeral homes: 902-470-8285 Fax for autopsy documents: 902-470-8989 Autopsy Service The IWK Division of Anatomical Pathology provides consulting autopsy services for fetuses (terminations of pregnancy and intrauterine fetal demise), infants, and children. Note: The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service has jurisdiction over...

Documents and Reports

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

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Date: May 15, 2025

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Research Ethics

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Research, education, and clinical care are the three essential activities of IWK Health. The Research Ethics Board (REB) serves to help members of the research community to conduct ethically-acceptable research involving humans. On this page: Introduction to the REB REB Membership REB Submission and Meeting Dates REB Submissions Requiring Delegated...