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Legislation for physician assistants introduced in Saskatchewan
In a bid to help heal Saskatchewan's limping health-care system, the province's health minister has introduced legislation to allow physician assistants to practice in Saskatchewan. "This is another t...
Apr 02, 2023
Saskatchewan gov't to add physician assistants to health-care system
With Saskatchewan struggling to find more health-care workers, the provincial government is ready to add physician assistants to the roster. The government introduced legislation Thursday to license p...
Mar 30, 2023
'Profound disappointment:' Nurses union president reacts to Sask. budget
There is nothing new in this year's provincial budget that recognizes the dedication from registered nurses across Saskatchewan, and how they've held up the health-care system for the past three years...
Mar 23, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
'A very good feeling': Health minister happy with $6.9B in budget
While social services and education got boosts as well, health care was the centrepiece of the province's spring budget this week. The total amount for the Ministry of Health was $6.9 billion -- an in...
Mar 23, 2023
Provincial budget to be released amid questions about health care
On Wednesday afternoon, the provincial government will release its spring budget, outlining its priorities and predictions for the year ahead. And it appears the gravy train is still running for Saska...
Mar 22, 2023
Sask. travel nurse program under the microscope at SARM convention
A Saskatchewan program that has some contract nurses travelling to rural and remote communities came under scrutiny at the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention in Saskatoon. Dur...
Mar 16, 2023 The "Bear Pit" session during the 2023 Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention in Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Nurses overwhelmed by demand at Saskatoon hospital, union says
A scene of madness unfolded in a Saskatoon emergency room on Monday afternoon. Some patients were receiving care in hallways, while mental health patients with law enforcement escorts lay on the floor...
Mar 16, 2023 The entrance at the Royal University Hospital's new adult emergency room unit at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Reeves, councillors grill Sask. Party ministers at SARM 'Bear Pit'
The claws were out during the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention's 'Bear Pit' session at Prairieland Park on Wednesday. Reeves, councillors and other RM reps grilled cabinet m...
Mar 15, 2023 SARM President Ray Orb speaks to reporters. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Nurses call for more improvements after Regina General goes on bypass
For about three hours last week, the emergency room at the Regina General Hospital was so overcrowded, it had to go on bypass and send all but the most severe cases to the city's other hospital. "They...
Mar 14, 2023
Merriman ‘disappointed’ after feds penalize Sask. for private MRI and CT scans
Ottawa has blindsided Saskatchewan by clawing back more than $740,000 in health transfers. The federal government accused the province of misusing the Canada Health Act by charging for services the fe...
Mar 13, 2023
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