N.S. offers premiums for doctors to encourage more surgeries on evenings, weekends

A contract the N.S. government signed with doctors extends a premium already paid for emergency surgeries to scheduled surgeries outside normal hours and on weekends and holidays. The premiums, ranging from 35% to 50%, would be available for surgeons, anesthesiologists and surgical assistants. They’ll come into play when hospitals have enough staff to take on the extra work.