Tag Archives: health

The ninth annual Uncover the Cure Cocktail Party held at Wascana Golf and Country Club was hailed another success. The event, hosted by News Talk Radio's John Gormley, raised $79,300 which is used to ...

Saskatchewan does not, officially, have its first case of sexually-transmitted Zika virus. In March, the province announced that it had its first suspected case of sexually-transmitted Zika after a wo...

Stacey Strykowski is losing a lot more than an emergency room. Strykowski's family lives just a few blocks from the Preeceville hospital, choosing that location because her son, Jackson, suffers from ...

Hallucinations drove Kellie Johnson to kill her five-year-old son, the chief forensic psychologist for the Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford told a Saskatoon courtroom Wednesday. Johnson's def...

Seventy people will be tested for tuberculosis (TB) after a case was detected at a Saskatoon elementary school.   An individual at James L. Alexander school reportedly tested positive on Wednesda...

Some fees and charges are increasing in Saskatchewan. The government announced that the provincially-run air ambulance service will increase by 10 per cent over each of the next three years for reside...

They are heralding it as a first in Canada; Saskatchewan is adopting an 'open family policy' which will allow 24-hour access for family visitors to patients in hospitals or special care homes. No...

The Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region is promoting its accountable care unit at the Pasqua Hospital. It is a team-based approach where the doctor spends the day in the unit with nurses and other team me...

The man who brought the province Lean is not cutting down his thoughts on his time in Saskatchewan. In his book "The Toyota Way to Healthcare Excellence", Black wrote that the government was at best "...

Saskatchewan hospitals and care homes will now be open to visitors 24 hours a day, the first in Canada to do so. The province is adopting an open family policy allowing patients more access to their l...