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Temporary Disruption to Redvers Emergency and Acute Care Services
News Release
Local
Please be advised of the temporary closure of 24-hour emergency and acute care services at the Redvers Health Centre effective...
Rural RN masked, in ambulance bay
Faces of the Fight from Dixie Kiefer, rural RN: I worry there will be nowhere for you to go
Story
Acute Care
COVID-19
Do you want to know what I worry about first when they say Saskatchewan’s ICU beds are full? It’s not necessarily that I’m worried about me or my family will need the bed. I worry about YOU, my next patient who needs one.
A nurse in full personal protective equipment for working with COVID-19 patients in the ICU.
Faces of the Fight from Allison Taylor, ICU nurse: Grateful to be vaccinated
Story
Acute Care
COVID-19
Well, here I am. In quarantine for COVID.
A PICU room at JPCH
PICU at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital to temporarily admit adults under 40
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COVID-19
Maternal and Children's Programs
As part of SHA’s focus on balancing health system capacity province-wide, the PICU at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital in Saskatoon will temporarily accept selected adults up to age 40 less a day.
Increased COVID-19 exposure risk in Eston
News Release
Local
COVID-19, and its variants, are still present in Saskatchewan.
Fingers hold a vial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
COVID much worse than any possible vaccine side-effects
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COVID-19
Public Health
Take the vaccine. That’s the advice of Dr. David Torr, one of Saskatchewan Health Authority’s medical health officers who have worked tirelessly to protect the people of Saskatchewan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hands of family
COVID and kids: They are not immune
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COVID-19
Public Health
The new variants, particularly Delta, are affecting mostly unvaccinated populations which tend to be younger people in Saskatchewan. So, no matter what you’ve heard, kids are just as much at risk as the rest of us.
Saskatchewan Health Authority enacts next level of surge plans
News Release
Provincial
Today, as a result of rapidly escalating COVID pressures on Saskatchewan’s hospitals, the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) directed leaders and care teams to activate a second phase of surge plans that will include a temporary provincial slowdown of elective procedures.
An example of text messages sent for positive (left) and negative (right) test results for COVID-19.
Positive and negative COVID-19 test results to be provided automatically
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COVID-19
Public Health
In May 2021, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) launched an auto-notification system for negative COVID-19 test results.
Dr. Stephanie Young
Faces of the Fight from Dr. Stephanie Young: We will get through this, but only together
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Acute Care
COVID-19
Public Health
As I reflect on the most recent case projections, I am filled with heartache and dread.

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