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As long-term care registered nurses decrease, demand skyrockets As we head into flu season and Canada grapples with a potential second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, it got me thinking about those most vulnerable to succumbing to the tragic consequences of this virus – our country’s seniors. Many of you may not know that my more than three-decade-long nursing career has been in…

Everyone six months and older can line up for a flu shot starting Monday as the annual flu campaign begins across the province. The shot is available at public health clinics, from doctors and nurses or at a pharmacy. The public health clinics offering the free shot are listed on the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s website. There’s a clinic at Evraz Place in Regina. In…

On October 14th, the SHA implemented universal masking strategy as an added level of precaution to protect employees and patients; these measures are in addition to the continuous masking guidelines currently in place. As reported in the SHA Daily Rounds email (October 14), effective October 19th, all health-care employees will be required to wear a mask…

SUN is advocating for a mandatory masking policy in Saskatchewan as the province grapples with a growing threat of increased community transmission of COVID-19.   We must be vigilant now more than ever. Canada is on the cusp of a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic along with annual flu season, and new case numbers here at home in Saskatchewan, and across the country, are steadily on the…

REGINA -- Flu clinics will begin in Saskatchewan on Oct. 19, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Anyone over the age of six months is encouraged by the SHA to get a flu vaccine, which is available at clinics throughout the province, some physicians and nurse practitioners offices and local pharmacies. “Getting vaccinated is especially important for people at high-risk of…