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21 Filipino nurses working in Sask. as part of human resources plan
A number of nurses recruited in the Philippines have started working in Saskatchewan. According to the Ministry of Health, 21 Filipino nurses have now completed their training and begun working in com...
CKOM News
Jan 16, 2024
The Ministry of Health says it's making progress on its efforts to address worker shortages in Saskatchewan health care. (650 CKOM file photo)
Minister says Sask. working to address persistent health-care issues
Saskatchewan's minister of health doesn't think the province is seeing a crisis in health care. Everett Hindley said he does, however, believe there are some problems to fix within the system, both ac...
Libby Gray
Jan 10, 2024
Saskatchewan's health system has some persistent challenges, but despite the issues Health Minister Everett Hindley stopped short of saying the system is experiencing a crisis. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Sask. Health Authority, nurses' union at odds over 'new' health-care positions
As Saskatchewan continues to face a shortage of health-care workers in the province, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is announcing more staff and long-term care capacity is coming to Saskatoon...
Libby Gray
Dec 21, 2023
The province announced this week the hiring of more health care workers to deal with capacity issues. (City Hospital file photo)
Health authority recruiting staff in Saskatoon to help struggling hospitals
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says it's recruiting for more than 300 positions in order to help Saskatoon's struggling hospitals. The health authority announced its Saskatoon Capacity Pressure Act...
CKOM News
Dec 19, 2023
The health authority says it's recruiting for more than 300 positions in hospitals and community health care in Saskatoon. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Twitter)
Sask. pharmacists get OK to prescribe medication for more illnesses
Pharmacists in Saskatchewan are getting expanded responsibilities. The provincial government announced Tuesday it was giving pharmacists the ability to prescribe medication to treat nausea and vomitin...
CJME News
Dec 19, 2023
Ottawa's $13-billion dental plan to be slowly phased in through 2024
Canada's new federal dental insurance plan will be gradually phased in throughout the coming year, with the first claims expected to be processed in May. The federal government announced details of th...
CKOM News
Dec 11, 2023
A dentist holds instruments in Skokie, Ill., on Friday, June 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Charles Rex Arbogast
Sask. extends incentives to attract health-care workers to rural areas
The Saskatchewan government is putting up more money to get health-care workers into rural areas of the province. The government announced Thursday it’s putting up another $3 million to extend t...
CKOM News
Dec 07, 2023
Sask. students in health-care fields getting more options
The Saskatchewan government is offering students a chance to study outside the province in hopes they’ll come back to fill health-care gaps. It's an existing program through which the province p...
CKOM News
Dec 05, 2023
'Enough is enough:' Nurses call for more staff, safer working conditions
Saskatchewan nurses chanted "Enough is enough!" and "Unsafe staffing has got to go!" during a rally in Saskatoon. About 100 nurses marched down 20th Street on Monday, calling for more staff and safer ...
Mia Holowaychuk
Nov 27, 2023
Sask. nurses walk down 20th Street in Saskatoon, calling for more hospital staff and safer working conditions. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Overcrowding at Saskatoon hospital leads to fire code issues
So many people and patients were recently set up in the hallways at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon that the fire department was called in over fire code issues. According to a statement from Assista...
Lisa Schick
Nov 09, 2023
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