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RUH Foundation launches campaign to fund $1.2 million neurosurgical robot
Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital (RUH) Foundation is seeking to raise $1.2 million to help change the way it conducts some brain surgeries by purchasing a neurosurgical robot. Neurosurgeon Dr. Am...
Jan 14, 2025 Neurosurgeon Amit Persad is hoping the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon will be able to raise $1.2 million. He is acquiring the skills to operate the robot at Western University in London, Ontario. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Overcapacity Saskatoon hospitals at breaking point, NDP says
Two major hospitals in Saskatoon are at breaking point from issues caused by being at overcapacity, according to the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP). St. Paul's Hospital has been operating at ...
Dec 06, 2024 The NDP says St. Paul's Hospital has been operating at 200 per cent over capacity since October, 2024. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM file photo)
New trauma mannequin helps Royal University Hospital provide training
The Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon is receiving a $300,000 donation from mining company Orano Canada. This will help the hospital share its life-saving trauma care with rural communities up no...
Sep 13, 2024 The Royal University Hospital's newest trauma training mannequin, called a SimMan, supported by Orano Canada. The mannequin can can bleed, cry, moan in pain, speak to you if hooked up to a headset, and its chest moves as it breathes. (Will Mandzuk/650KCOM)
Inland Steel Products donates $100,000 to help fund upgrades at RUH lab
A Saskatoon-based metal recycling company has made a large donation to help out a local hospital. On Wednesday, Inland Steel Products Inc. announced a $100,000 donation to help pay for upgrades at the...
Mar 27, 2024 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon teen stable after being beaten, stabbed near Fairhaven School
A 14-year-old boy is in serious but stable condition after being beaten and stabbed near a school in Saskatoon's Fairhaven neighbourhood. According to police, officers were called to the 400 block of ...
Feb 06, 2024 Police say the teen victim is in serious but stable condition. (650 CKOM file photo)
Ghost tour tells tales of hospital spirits and campus hauntings
This Halloween season, people can immerse themselves in the sinister and spooky legends about the University of Saskatchewan's campus that date back more than 100 years. Cat Woloschuk, the heritage te...
Oct 30, 2023 Cat Woloschuk with the Diefenbaker Canada Centre said sometimes strange noises can be heard by staff as they close the gallery. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
SHA wheels out bike patrol initiative at two hospitals
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has rolled out a new program for protective service officers who work at hospitals. Officers have now been trained to patrol the premises on bikes. The pilot pr...
Aug 04, 2023 Royal University Hospital protective services officer Ian Thies with his bike. (Halyna Mihalik/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)
Young nurse logs nearly 300 hours in one month at Sask. hospital
When Jacelyn Wingerter graduated from nursing school and started working in January, she expected she'd work a lot of hours and be tired. She didn't think she'd be logging nearly 300 hours in one mont...
Aug 22, 2022 Jacelyn Wingerter graduated at the start of 2022 and less than nine months into her career, she's feeling burned out thanks to the hundreds of overtime hours she's logged. (Jacelyn Wingerter/Submitted)
Being COVID conscious important as Omicron variant spreads, says U of S microbiologist
As the COVID-19 Omicron variant sinks its teeth into Saskatchewan, the head of clinical microbiology at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon says the variant can spread much faster than previous one...
Jan 04, 2022 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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