The Nova Scotia Health Authority will organize five startup pitch competitions this year, aimed at identifying new technologies to help address growing problems faced by the provincial medical system.
Announced Friday during an event at the Volta innovation hub, the first Health Challenge event is slated for April 8 and will feature medtech businesses focused on cancer treatment.
The new initiative comes as Nova Scotia struggles to modernize aging and understaffed healthcare infrastructure that is projected to consume more than 40 per cent of this year’s $11.6 billion provincial budget.