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health ministry says it's working on plan to address service disruptions

'we are actively developing a plan to address this issue,' health ministry said but did not provide more detail.

by creeden martell

aug 11 2022
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a photo of a bed in royal university hospital taken in february 2020. matt smith / saskatoon starphoenix
saskatchewan’s ministry of health says it is developing a plan to address service disruptions in health-care facilities across the province, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement on thursday.

the statement was in response to a wednesday inquiry by the regina leader-post as the canadian union of public employees local 5430, which represents thousands of employees in in technical, clerical, nursing, support and plant operation roles, put out a statement in late july demanding more transparency from the government about service disruptions .

the union takes issue with the notifications which are posted on the saskatchewan health authority’s website as they only include disruptions that are a week or longer. the union says i nformation around closures and service disruptions should be available to the public and tracked.

“ the government of saskatchewan is committed to restoring and stabilizing health care services at facilities where temporary services disruptions occur.  we are actively developing a plan to address this issue,” the health ministry said in the statement, but stopped short of explaining just what that plan might look like. 

“temporary service disruptions may arise on short notice. our priority is always on ensuring that patients, health care providers, and other members of the public are made aware of temporary service disruptions at their local health care facility,” the statement continued.

the statement said that notices posted at facilities detail the hours impacted and also list alternative locations for people to access service, if it’s needed. it also mentioned that longer interruptions are posted online .

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there are concerns about the reliability of those notifications at facilities, which have been posted on entrances, such as when disruptions were announced in kamsack.
“i was in kamsack the day they shut down the er there. on the website and at the kamsack hospital, they were directing people to go to canora,” tria donaldson, union communications representative, told the leader-post wednesday.
“then when i was driving through canora just to check things out and the er was closed in canora and on their door, they were directing people to kamsack,” donaldson said.
in addition to uncertainty from the general public about short-term closures, such as multiple 24-hour disruptions in melville, the union is concerned that the lack of notifications makes it difficult for its members if they don’t know where they might be working on a certain day.
“we need to know the full scope of the problem so we can move forward with solutions,” president bashir jalloh said in a statement.
crmartell@postmedia.com

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