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OTTAWA — New numbers show close to 14,000 Canadians, including more than 300 in Saskatchewan, have been killed by opioids over the last four years and more than 17,000 people, including almost 900 in Saskatchewan, have been hospitalized for opioid-related poisoning. The data is in a new report released this week from a national advisory committee struck to study the epidemic of opioid…

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) confirmed to Global News that overcapacity in the city’s emergency rooms (ERs) has not ended. “Saskatchewan’s tertiary care hospitals continue to experience significant capacity challenges,” read a statement from a SHA spokesperson. It also said the “adult and pediatric emergency departments in Saskatoon…

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Northwest Saskatchewan consistently has a higher suicide rate than the rest of the province, according to the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Office. Saskatchewan’s auditor is recommending eight areas where health care providers in the north can better address patients at risk of suicide. Judy Ferguson found that health care providers in northwest Saskatchewan generally…

Nurses are indispensable, whether they’re administering flu shots, assisting in surgeries, or enduring your grouchy uncle as he complains, again, about his IV being changed. In the pediatric unit, my cousin has looked after newborns in intensive care for 16 straight hours without a break, because there wasn’t a colleague free to relieve her. Few professions are nearly as honourable as…