Saskatchewan Healthcare
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Woman with breast cancer symptoms waiting nearly a year for diagnostic careSaskatchewan Health Minister says average wait time 10 weeks, but Nadine Baker, who has breast cancer symptoms, says she has been waiting for 10 months.HealthJan 22
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Rural community says faith in Saskatchewan health care shaken after ER disruptionsThe community of Oxbow has experienced at least a dozen temporary closures of its healthcare centre ER since the start of 2023.CanadaFeb 22, 2023
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Saskatchewan health-care workers react to new health-care proposalAs the province takes time to 'digest' newly offered federal health-care funding, health-care workers are offering their insights into where the money could be best spent.CanadaFeb 8, 2023
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SHA announces additional paramedic positions for Regina to battle shortageA total of 24.5 full-time paramedic positions will be added and will cost the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) $2.4 million annually.HealthFeb 1, 2023
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More workers joining Sask.’s health-care system: provincial governmentSome 160 Filipino health-care workers have been offered jobs so far under Saskatchewan's Health Human Resources Action Plan.HealthJan 26, 2023
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Advocates frustrated a year after Saskatchewan’s pledge to explore rare disease strategyThe mother of a Saskatoon boy who had to go to the USA for life-saving treatment fears her efforts to improve rare disease treatment at home will go unheard.CanadaJan 24, 2023
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Sask. needs to improve health-care hiring plan as 2,200-worker shortage looms: auditorThe SHA is projecting a shortage of 2,200 'hard-to-recruit' health-care workers over the next five years. The provincial auditor says Saskatchewan needs to do more to hire staff.PoliticsDec 6, 2022
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Saskatchewan government releases action plan for health-care workersThe Saskatchewan government has announced an action plan to recruit, train, incentivize and retain health-care workers in the province.HealthSep 7, 2022
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Saskatchewanians waited longer for surgery than any other Canadians in 2021: reportWait times for knee and hip replacements were longer in Saskatchewan than in any other province last year, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information.CanadaMay 10, 2022
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COVID-19 has more Saskatchewan doctors burnt out and contemplating retirement: survey“The survey reflects what I have been hearing from many physicians — that they have been working harder during the pandemic,” Dr. Eben Strydom saidCanadaApr 27, 2022
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