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SASKATOON -- A call from the Canadian Psychologist Association for registered psychologists in Canada to lend their services to health care workers dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic is being welcomed in Saskatchewan.  For Tracy Zambory, president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, the aid is “timely and so needed”.  "We’re smart, we’re highly educated,…

Medical device manufacturer 3M says it is under pressure from the White House to stop exporting N95 masks it currently produces in the United States to other countries, including Canada. The Minneapolis-based company said in a news release Friday that while it welcomes the Trump administration's invocation of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to compel domestic companies to…

Dear SUN Member: We're all seeing lots of posts from health care workers online, and want to make sure we're conducting ourselves in the appropriate way. As a result, members are asking about best practices when posting on social media. The following are suggestions from the Canadian Nurses Protective Society regarding social media etiquette and responsibilities for nurses:…

REGINA -- The Saskatchewan RCMP have laid one charge relating to the province’s COVID-19 Public Health Order. RCMP also received 436 calls related to COVID-19 between March 20 and March 30. Among those calls, 180 were for service relating to the province’s Public Health Order that came into effect on March 26. The Government of Saskatchewan made it law that anyone returning from…

SASKATOON -- The Saskatchewan Health Authority has put together a triage committee that would help doctors decide which COVID-19 patients would get a ventilator if hospitals become flooded with severely ill patients. “Considering where we are, it is appropriate and responsible to have a set of guidelines on how a health organization and how health care teams can make a good decision at all…