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A union representing more than 10,000 nurses says an incident involving a Saskatoon patient's death is an example of systemic issues in the health care system. The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) said a patient had died in a Saskatoon emergency room due to overcrowding and short staffing. "It's becoming a powder keg of a dangerous situation," said union president Tracy…

Tracy Zambory, the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) president, says the overcapacity crisis in Saskatoon hospitals resulted in the death of a patient. “Because of overcrowding, because of short staffing our worst nightmare occurred,” she said. “We had a patient in this province pass away because they did not get the care they needed in a timely fashion.”…

On Monday, November 4th, SUN notified SAHO that we were preparing an Unfair Labour Practice Application. Today, this application was filed with the Saskatchewan Labour Board. This was not a decision your negotiations committee took lightly. As a union representing registered nurses, SUN takes a “clinical”, methodical and evidence-based approach to our work. The same applies to…

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