Saskatchewan Health

• Regina Urgent Care Centre construction is now complete

  Officials have announced that construction on the new Regina Urgent Care Centre is complete, and an opening date is expected this summer.

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  Apr 9
  
• Estevan, Sask. hospital to receive MRI services thanks to private donor

  Plans are going forward to bring MRI services to St. Joseph's Hospital in Estevan after the province approved a private donation of $2 million.

  Health

  Mar 28
  
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• Saskatchewan patients can now access surgical procedure information online

  Saskatchewan patients can now access surgical procedure information at their fingertips on their MySaskHealthRecord account.

  Health

  Mar 26
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• Respiratory transmission in the community continues to fluctuate: report

  The CRISP report shows a fluctuation of respiratory transmission in the past two week. One death was reported due to COVID-19 in the reporting period.

  Health

  Feb 17
• SHA adds 116 hospital care beds to the province, nurses say not enough

  On Thursday, the SHA said they have hired 90 positions in Saskatoon, with 190 other positions open across the province, most of them in Saskatoon and Regina.

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  Feb 15
• Sask. announces treatment coverage expansion for children with cystic fibrosis

  Cystic fibrosis patients in Saskatchewan who are two to five years of age will be eligible for Trikafta as the province announced coverage for those who meet medical criteria.

  Health

  Jan 30
• 2 Regina women frustrated with long waiting lists for biopsies

  Two Regina women recently met with the Saskatchewan health minister to talk about the long wait-lists in the province for those in need of biopsies.

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2023
• Saskatchewan proclaims ‘HIV testing day’ to raise awareness and reduce stigma

  To encourage the uptake of HIV testing, the Saskatchewan government proclaims June 27th as provincial HIV Testing Day where self-testing kits are readily available for free.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2023
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• ‘He is my hero’: Saskatoon woman recovers from long-awaited kidney transplant

  In a previous interview with Global News, Kruger said this all stemmed from when he was scrolling through local news online one night when he happened upon Onishenko's story.

  Health

  Apr 2, 2023
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• Sask. Polytech in Regina provides free dental care for Ukrainian immigrants

  The day involved presentations by nursing students on different health topics, table clinics about smoking and nutrition, and oral hygiene instruction. 

  Health

  Apr 1, 2023