Ultrasound wait longer than usual
Those waiting for an ultrasound at Victoria Hospital may have to wait a little longer.
The hospital provides the services as well as acts as a backup for two private clinics in Prince Albert and three clinics in the surrounding health regions, including in Nipawin, Melfort and La Ronge.
“For some reason this year, it seems that there are more of those sites that had disruptions in their services, for a variety of reasons, than usual and it has resulted and an increase of the way time of what was normally about 10 days to 30,” said Doug Dahl, communications officer for the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region.
“There is still an allowance within (that) for the very urgent cases, so there are still spaces made available for the emergency and urgent cases.”