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Seniors sweltering after ban on portable air conditioners in care homes

By CBC  
   August 11, 2022

As Nova Scotia deals with an unusually hot summer, Wayne King says a lack of air conditioning in rooms at a long-term care facility in the province is dangerous for residents and staff. King told CBC Radio's Information Morning on Friday that he learned from an administrator at the Musquodoboit Valley Home for Special Care in Middle Musquodoboit, N.S., that a recently released "directive" banned the use of window-installed AC units in resident rooms.

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