Tag Archives: health

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...

The question of who does what at the patient bedside is causing a rift within the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association (SRNA). Controversial new bylaws accepted by the provincial government...

Alberta is seeing Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)  rise to levels not seen since the 1980s, but Saskatchewan doesn't appear to be heading down the same path. According to a recent new...

Two health care facilities in Swift Current are dealing with viruses. The Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory (SDCL) confirms there is a norovirus outbreak at the Palliser Regional Care Centre. Th...

A new study shows that Saskatchewan has the shortest wait times for surgery in Canada.   This news comes four years after an initiative was launched by the provincial government to get surgi...

Isolation is the root cause of mental health issues in the region, according to mental health workers in northern Saskatchewan First Nations and Metis communities. The challenges in communities such a...

A new unit that will treat those suffering from dementia is scheduled to open Monday in Regina. The Southern Saskatchewan Dementia Assessment Unit is located at the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre. It'l...

As the country reacts to a suicide crisis in the community of Attawapiskat, people who work in Saskatchewan's north say the same problems are rampant here.   Ken Ladouceur is the director of educ...

Regina's Pasqua hospital is struggling to find beds for all the patients who have come through the emergency room. The facility is in code burgundy meaning patients ready to be discharged from the ER ...

The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) is calling attention to the need for better mental health services as an election issue. Dr. Mark Brown is a family physician in Moose Jaw and the president ...