Report looks at health care in rural Saskatchewan

Nuelle Novik poses for a portrait at her home in Regina, Friday, April 19, 2024. Novik, an associate professor at the University of Regina, led a research project, looking at the state of rural health care in Saskatchewan, finding there have been hundreds of service disruptions and staffing shortages. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeremy Simes.

The Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit at the University of Regina released the report looking at the state of rural health care in the province.New community health centre for African Nova Scotians opensThe Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 5430 funded the project, though the report says the union did not direct or design the research.

Two years ago, Kuchinka said, she had to go to Regina to give birth to her child, because the hospital in nearby Estevan could not offer the service.The report says 49 per cent of the province’s doctors were internationally trained in 2022 and many often leave rural communities. Last week, nurses in Saskatoon wrote in a letter to provincial Health Minister Everett Hindley about how pay disparity is creating problems. Out-of-province nurses also get first priority for shifts due to contractual obligations, it says.“We are in crisis. Please listen to our voices,” says the letter.

Aalbers has proposed the province use more nurse practitioners, as many patients would rather see one than wait hours in a hospital.The province said it’s going to add 25 nurse practitioners in the next year but hasn’t provided details on where those positions will be.

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