Tag Archives: Health
Incident involving threats against P.A. care home residents under review
Representatives from a local health care union are meeting this week with officials from the Saskatchewan Health Authority to discuss an incident that happened last weekend at the Herb Bassett care ho...
Oct 02, 2019 A photo taken of Herb Bassett home on Monday. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Sask. teachers to receive 24/7 mental health supports
The province's teachers and their families are getting access to 24/7 mental health support. That will include counselling, legal and financial consultation, work-life solutions and wellness. The teac...
Oct 01, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Hospital heliport upgrades take off
Over the next several weeks, a brand new heliport will begin to take shape across from the Victoria Hospital parking lot.According to a press release Tuesday from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SH...
Oct 01, 2019 The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) consulted with the City of Prince Albert and STARS regarding the upgrades to the heliport at Victoria Hospital.(Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Mental health youth symposium coming to Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort
World mental health day is Oct. 10 and a Melfort woman has a full day planned for the youth of the area to simply focus on mental health wellness.The YOUth Matter Mental Health for Youth Symposium wil...
Oct 01, 2019 The Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort will play host to the YOUth Matter Mental Health for youth symposium next Thursday. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Opening of expanded hospital NICU in sight
There was no shortage of emotion at a press conference Friday, after it was announced that plans to expand the neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) at Victoria Hospital are moving ahead faster than ex...
Sep 27, 2019 Dr. Lalita Malhotra exhanges a hug with Victoria Hospital Foundation Board Chair Lyle Karasiuk. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Doctor growth in Canada more than doubles population increase over last 5 years
VICTORIA - The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a report by the Canadian Institute of Health Information.Canada's population increased by ...
Sep 26, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation ready to support research
The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation (JPCH) is teaming up with the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) to support medical research.Each year the JPCH provides $400,000 to those u...
Sep 26, 2019 The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon (supplied/Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation)
'It will create homelessness': concerns raised about new program
The Prince Albert YWCA is sounding alarms bells over changes to Saskatchewan's social assistance program.Previously, under the Saskatchewan Assistance Program (SAP), clients had the option to sign the...
Sep 26, 2019 The local YWCA says changes to social assistance will lead to more people living on the street in P.A. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)
Flu shots to be available in Sask. in late October
Flu shots are to be available in Saskatchewan next month.The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced the start of its immunization campaign is set for Oct. 21."We can't predict exactly when the influe...
Sep 25, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)
New beds promised to address 'high need' for addictions treatment
The provincial government has announced plans to open 50 new pre- and post- addictions treatment beds across the province. Private sector providers and community-based organizations have until the end...
Sep 24, 2019 MACSI plans to apply for funding to open new pre- and post-treatment beds, but has not yet decided if their Prince Albert Centre will be part of the application (file photo/paNOW staff)