Tag Archives: Health
Victoria Hospital explores future of ketamine clinic
Nearly a month after the death of its chief of psychiatry, staff at the Victoria Hospital are in discussions about how they can continue one of his more ambitious programs.Dr. Mohammad Zulfiquar Hussa...
Nov 06, 2019 The main entrance at the Victoria Hospital. (File photo/paNOW staff)
Radiothon speaks to the power of giving for new children's hospital
Around a dozen broadcasters from around the province, including our own personalities from the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, are playing their role in the first provincial radiothon for the new Jim Pa...
Nov 06, 2019 Radio for kids. The on-air personalities of the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group across the province lend their voices to the cause in the lobby of the new Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon. (Teena Monteleone/paNOW Staff)
Saskatchewan introduces legislation to address vaping
The Government of Saskatchewan is looking to change The Tobacco Control Act to deal with vaping in the province."The Government of Saskatchewan takes the health of our citizens very seriously and this...
Nov 06, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News Staff)
Province-wide radiothon for Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital
Radio stations across the province are joining forces to help celebrate the opening of the first-ever dedicated children's and maternal hospital in Saskatchewan this week. The Jim Pattison Broadcast G...
Nov 05, 2019 Jim Pattison Children's Hospital. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Vermette re-introduces bill aimed at establishing provincial suicide strategy
Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette wants the Saskatchewan Party to work with him in passing Bill 618, also known as The Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act.The bill was re-introduced Tuesday i...
Nov 05, 2019 Doyle Vermette introduced the bill for the first time in 2018. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
P.A. police getting in on annual fundraiser
November is now underway and with that comes the beginning of a popular fundraiser.Movember encourages men to grow mustaches and collect donations to support men's health causes, like prostate cancer....
Nov 04, 2019 Members from the Prince Albert Police Service are once again taking part in Movember (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Naloxone provided to P.A. bars and restaurants
A new initiative wants to give an overdose-reversing drug to as many Prince Albert bars and restaurants as possible.The Saskatchewan Health Authority and the local branch of AIDS Saskatoon are encoura...
Nov 01, 2019 Tartan Table owner Niall Kerr (center) holds a Naloxone kit. He is flanked by Fred Simpson (left) of AIDS Saskatoon and Access Place outreach nurse Brittany Nicolas (right). (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Campaign to collect feminine hygiene products for YWCA
A new campaign is hoping to help the Prince Albert YWCA and challenge a social taboo in the process.From Oct. 28 to Nov. 9, Lake Country Co-op will be collecting feminine hygiene products for the YWCA...
Oct 28, 2019 (Mike Stewart/The Canadian Press)
Melfort Ambulance urges furnace, chimney inspection
The colder weather is here, and Melfort Ambulance wants everyone to remember to give their furnaces a once-over, mainly to avoid the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.Manager Wayne Therres said as we ...
Oct 28, 2019 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
Gap in services left by psychiatrist's death
Prince Albert man, Delaney (whose last name we've chosen not to use) credits Dr. Mohammad Zulfiquar Hussain with his life and his future.When the two met in 2015, Delaney had just been committed to th...
Oct 25, 2019 Dr. Mohammad
Zulfiquar Hussain, 79, died of a heart attack on Oct. 12 (Submitted photo/Saskatchewan Health Authority)
