Tag Archives: Health
Three-week wait times for booked blood tests
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says that staff shortages are causing lengthy wait times for blood tests appointments.A concerned community member contacted paNOW last week, saying they had driven t...
Apr 11, 2022
Saskatchewan makes COVID booster shots available to more people
Saskatchewan has expanded its eligibility for fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines.As of Monday, all people 70 and over and all residents of First Nations communities and the Northern Service Administrat...
Apr 11, 2022
Shahab less concerned about sixth wave of COVID in Saskatchewan
Other provinces are moving swiftly into a sixth wave of COVID-19, and while Saskatchewan's top doctor is watching developments here closely, he doesn't have the same concerns about this wave as he has...
Apr 08, 2022
Magnetic Slime Robot Could Someday Be Used Retrieve Swallowed Objects
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Each year, thousands of children swallow objects not suited for human consumption with no other option but to wait for time - and the digestive system - to...
Apr 08, 2022
Sask. NDP ask Moe to create plan for addressing overcapacity at Jim Pattison Children's Hospital
Official Opposition Leader Ryan Meili is calling for Premier Scott Moe and the Health Minister to visit the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital after reports of severe overcapacity at the hospital.Accord...
Apr 07, 2022
Just over 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 announced in weekly report
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported the weekly epidemiology (epi) report and is looking at COVID-19 data from March 27 to April 2.In that time, 1,032 new cases were reported in the province, w...
Apr 07, 2022
Saskatchewan to make its own decision on fourth COVID dose
It could be another week or so before the Government of Saskatchewan decides whether or not to offer fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines more widely.On Tuesday, the National Advisory Committee on Immuni...
Apr 05, 2022
'An inquiry won't bring back anybody': jury makes 12 recommendations to improve inmate safety at Pine Grove
A registered nurse at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre broke down in tears when asked how she felt being told by a doctor he wanted a second test done by a different nurse.Alicia York was on duty th...
Apr 05, 2022
Conexus donates $50,000 to hospice
Conexus Credit Union sees good things in the Rose Garden Hospice and has donated some money to help make it a reality. Branch manager Brent Smith said it was not a hard sell to support the hospice wit...
Apr 05, 2022
NACI: Provinces should prep to offer 2nd COVID-19 booster shots
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says provinces and territories should rapidly prepare to offer fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks. The committee says govern...
Apr 05, 2022
