The Capital District Health Authority (shortened to Capital Health or the Capital Health District) was the largest of the nine health authorities in the

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province of

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. In 2015 it was merged into the new, province-wide

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Service

Capital Health was responsible for delivering core health services in the

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and in the Municipality of the District of West Hants, an area consisting of over 400,000 residents, or 40% of the provincial population. It also delivered tertiary and quaternary acute care services to residents throughout Atlantic Canada as a result of being the location of the region's largest

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s that make the city a major referral option for the provinces of

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and

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Facilities

* Cobequid Community Health Centre ( Lower Sackville) *

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( Dartmouth) * East Coast Forensic Hospital ( Dartmouth) *

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(

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) * Hants Community Hospital (

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) * Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital ( Middle Musquodoboit) * Nova Scotia Environmental Health Centre (

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) *

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( Halifax) ** Halifax Infirmary Site ***Abbie J. Lane ***Camp Hill Veterans' Memorial ***Halifax Infirmary **Victoria General Site ***Bethune ***Centennial ***Centre for Clinical Research ***Dickson ***Mackenzie ***Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre ***Victoria *

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( Dartmouth) * Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital ( Musquodoboit Harbour)

Administration

The President and Chief Executive Officer of the Capital District Health Authority is

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, a nurse with broad experience in primary health care and in health care administration. Capital Health has seven volunteer Community Health Boards that advise the district administrators and encourage public participation in health planning. Capital Health employs approximately 9,985 staff. and is affiliated with the

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. Capital Health operates a charitable foundation which is chaired by

Constance Glube Constance Rachelle Glube, (November 23, 1931 – February 15, 2016) was the 21st Chief Justice of Nova Scotia and first female Chief Justice in Canada. Early life Born Constance Lepofsky in Ottawa, she was the daughter of the late Samuel (1894-1 ...

, the 21st Chief Justice of Nova Scotia. The District was an important participant in the 2004 Baker and Norton paper, printed in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Health System error

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Health in Halifax, Nova Scotia Health regions of Nova Scotia