Saskatchewan Health Authority

SHA exec leaving Saskatchewan for Ontario after 'increasingly tiring’ role in pandemic response

Dr. Kevin Wasko, based in Swift Current and currently physician executive for Integrated Rural Health is set to leave the province to focus on clinical work in Mississauga, Ont.
Saskatchewan schools take on contact tracing once done by healthcare workers

As a registered nurse and COVID-19 case investigator in Saskatchewan, Carolyn Strom says she is no longer allowed to reach out to schools.
'Virtually no benefit': Saskatchewan premier says lockdown policies harm communities
Saskatchewan pharmacists on overdrive

Like their counterparts across the country, pharmacists here are struggling to keep up with rapidly changing vaccine and booster policies.
Saskatchewan expands booster shots to all adults to slow spread of Omicron
Curiosity could be the key to long COVID

Pharmacist's experience as patient with long COVID has given him new insights into compassionate and effective patient care
Saskatchewan privatizing some surgeries to reduce growing backlog from COVID-19

Health Minister Paul Merriman says the goal is to eliminate the backlog by achieving a three-month wait time by 2030.
Saskatchewan expands COVID-19 booster shot eligibility to more of its residents

Residents who are 50 years or older are now eligible for a third dose, as are people 18 years and older living in the far north or on First Nation communities, and all healthcare workers.

Possible burials? Radar search finds oddities on hospital grounds: health authority