Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library
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Diabetes Education Centre, St. Martha's Regional Hospital
25 Bay Street
Antigonish, NS, B2G 2G5
Ph: 902 867-4700
Fax: 902 867-4250
Service: Outpatient education, support and follow-up for people with type 1, 2 and gestational diabetes and their families.
Diabetes Education centre, Aberdeen Hospital
Aberdeen Hospital
835 East River Road,
New Glasgow, N.S.
B2H 3S6
Ph: 902 752-8311 Ext. 2110
Diabetes Care Program of Nova Scotia
1278 Tower Road, Bethune Building #577
Halifax, NS B3H 2Y9
Ph: 902 473-3219
Fax: 902 473-3911
Website: https://diabetescare.nshealth.ca/
The Canadian Diabetes Association offers a number of programs through the Nova Scotia Regional Office including summer camps and retreats, information sessions, an online-peer support group, resource centres in Sydney and Halifax and a 1-800 information line. for information visit the Canadian Diabetes Association
Website: //www.diabetes.ca
Nova Scotia Division
6080 Young Street, #101
Halifax, NS B3K 5L2
Ph: 902 453-4CDA (4232) or 1-800-326-7712
Fax: 902 453-4440
Access to books, magazines, online databases, movies and more.
Nova Scotians have trusted health information at their fingertips.
Call 8-1-1, and you will have access to non-emergency health information and services. Registered Nurses give the advice and information you need and provide reassurance concerning all kinds of general health issues and questions.
A free, confidential information and referral service. It is for people from all walks of life, seeking information about community & social services in their community or throughout the Province, either for themselves or for someone else. For example it could be used by someone seeking home care support for a senior citizen, a teenager looking for job-seeking skills, a recent immigrant needing language and employment training, or a person with disabilities determining which local or gov't services are available. It is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by dialing "2-1-1" to speak to a helpful staff member or by searching the easy-to-use online database at www.ns.211.ca.