New Brunswick spending $1.47M on community-based pulmonary rehab

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in Fredericton is pictured. (Nick Moore/CTV News Atlantic)

The New Brunswick government is spending $1.47 million to support free, community-based pulmonary rehabilitation services at clinics in Saint John, Sussex and St. Stephen.

The government is offering the clinics through a partnership with the New Brunswick Community College and Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick. Nine-week clinics have been offered since April 2025, serving nearly 90 people, according to a news release.

“The clinics have respiratory therapy students and other health-care learners provide services under the supervision of registered clinicians,” the release reads. “Participants receive education, personalized exercise plans and ongoing support to help manage their condition.

“Pulmonary rehabilitation is a best-practice intervention for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other lung conditions. It involves disease-management education and physical therapy to reduce patients’ symptoms, improve physical function and support overall well-being. These services are known to prevent hospital admissions.”

The clinics are offered year-round.

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