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Province expands incentive eligibility in effort to hire more rural health-care staff
As Saskatchewan struggles with a lack of health-care workers, the provincial government is offering big incentives to workers in high-priority roles in rural areas. The Rural and Remote Recruitment In...
Nov 30, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon doctor's office closing amid family physician shortage
In the midst of the family physician shortage being felt around the province, Saskatoon is losing a doctor's office. Broadway Family Physicians will be closing effective Wednesday, according to a reco...
Nov 30, 2022 Broadway Family Physicians, a doctor's office on Broadway Avenue in Saskatoon, one day before closing its doors on Nov. 30, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan delegation ready for recruiting trip to Philippines
Officials from Saskatchewan are to hit the road Friday in hopes of recruiting health-care workers. A delegation is scheduled to head to the Philippines on a five-day mission as part of Saskatchewan...
Nov 24, 2022
Regina woman's knee surgery put on hold due to new health concern
Pam Soveran's body is deteriorating. The retired chef said she's been waiting more than two years for a surgery to replace her right knee. She was able to have her left knee done, but is stuck living ...
Nov 18, 2022 Pam Soveran (second from right) surrounded by her family. (Pam Soveran/Facebook)
Sask. finalizes mission to recruit health-care workers in Philippines
The Saskatchewan government has set the dates for a recruiting mission to Manila, Philippines to find health-care workers. In September, the provincial government unveiled its Health Human Resources A...
Nov 07, 2022
Saskatchewan man grateful for hip surgery after long wait
Steve Turnquist is back behind the wheel after waiting years for a hip replacement surgery. The Saskatchewan man said he's happy to be back at work, driving trucks again. He was unable to work for mor...
Oct 28, 2022
New nurses in Kamsack mean hospital beds will reopen next month
There's a lot of relief being felt in a Saskatchewan town, after a major step was taken towards reopening beds at the local hospital. The relief comes in the form of six new nurses hired to work in Ka...
Oct 26, 2022
Sask. gov’t says search for health-care workers generating interest in Philippines
The Saskatchewan government says more than 3,500 applications have been received from the Philippines through the Saskatchewan Health Human Resources Action Plan. The government announced that total M...
Oct 24, 2022
'We don't know what to do:' Doctor shortage plagues Regina clinic
Saskatchewan's doctor shortage has left clinics around the province with more patients than they can handle, and the manager of a Regina medical centre says everyone is feeling the added pressure. Cur...
Oct 24, 2022
Sask. gov't says recruitment plan has generated nearly 400 applications
The Saskatchewan government says its plan to recruit health-care professionals is having success. In early September, the government announced it was seeking to add 1,000 workers to the health-care sy...
Oct 21, 2022
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