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'Health human resource crisis' affecting rural hospitals too: SUN president
The president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses says the government's plan to shift patients from urban to rural health-care facilities isn't feasible -- because Omicron has changed the health-care ...
Jan 26, 2022
Saskatchewan nurses disappointed, tired amid province's fifth wave of COVID-19
By Ian Gustafson, paNOW Amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in the province, Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory told paNOW that nurses -- particularly after Wednesday's COVID briefing ...
Jan 13, 2022 Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory. (File photo/650 CKOM)
‘It’s time to act’: Sask. NDP responds to lack of new provincial measures
The Saskatchewan NDP thinks the provincial government is still reacting too slowly to avoid a crushing COVID-19 wave. NDP Leader Ryan Meili said Wednesday the current situation reminds him of an old s...
Jan 12, 2022
'Demoralizing:' Nurses' union frustrated with province's COVID response
Nurses in the province are feeling disappointed and demoralized after Thursday's COVID-19 update. Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) president and registered nurse Tracy Zambory said nurses are "very ...
Dec 31, 2021 Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory. (File photo/650 CKOM)
Survey suggests health-care worker morale sinking in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan health-care workers are looking to work less, leave the field or retire early as distress and other mental health strains increase following the latest wave of COVID-19. A survey from Uni...
Dec 10, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Health minister discusses plan to cut down surgical wait lists
Health Minister Paul Merriman is defending Saskatchewan’s plan to cut down surgical wait lists, eliminate the surgical backlog and beef up hospital capacity. He joined Gormley to discuss the det...
Dec 10, 2021
Visitor restrictions change at Saskatoon long term care homes
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is changing COVID-19 visitor restrictions at long term care homes and affiliates in the Saskatoon area. Starting at 8 a.m. on Monday the facilities will move to...
Nov 22, 2021
Sask. mom takes daughter's health-care issues to legislature
Sarah Turnbull's daughter, Blake, hid behind her pink skirt at times while Sarah explained her frustration and exhaustion over health-care pauses and cancellations. Blake is 2 1/2 years old and has be...
Nov 18, 2021
Sask. gov’t pondering privatized surgeries to reduce wait list
The Government of Saskatchewan may have a plan to reduce its surgical wait list. On Thursday, the government said it might bring back a program that privatized some surgeries to help reduce the wait l...
Nov 04, 2021
At least 26,000 surgeries delayed in Sask. due to pandemic
It's not just people who are getting COVID-19 and having to go to the hospital who are being affected by the pandemic, it's also people who haven't been able to get surgery because a specialist isn't ...
Nov 03, 2021
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