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News that the Saskatchewan Health Authority will start gradually resuming medical services has brought hope to some patients waiting for surgeries, but many can expect the wait to continue for now.  On Tuesday, the health authority announced a four-phase plan to resume services that have been put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting May 19, surgical services will increase by 10…

Some medical services and surgeries will resume on May 19 in Saskatchewan, but unions representing Saskatchewan nurses and health-care professionals say they aren’t ready to go back to work as normal. The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) says its members aren’t ready for May 19. It said it’s worried about having enough staff, and resources to help support them. SUN says a…

REGINA — Canada’s chief public health officer says a COVID-19 outbreak gripping Saskatchewan’s far north is an area of concern. Dr. Theresa Tam says not only is the region remote, but it’s home to Indigenous communities. Health officials in Saskatchewan say the novel coronavirus arrived in the Dene village of La Loche, 600 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, last month…

On May 3, 2020, SUN wrote to Kevin Zimmerman, the SHA's Executive Director of Labour and Employee Relations to express concerns regarding contradictory information within the SHA’s recent response to staffing in areas of the COVID-19 outbreak.  In short, SUN has been informed by members that orders have been made by Medical Health Officers in both the La Loche and…

More than two months into the coronavirus pandemic, federal and provincial governments are using extraordinary measures to supply health-care workers with personal protective equipment, including letting them use expired masks. And with more than 61,000 cases of COVID-19 coast to coast, and the country reaching the milestone of more than 4,000 deaths on Tuesday, supplies are…