Sask NDP accuse gov’t of hiding problems in health care
The Saskatchewan Party’s Ministry of Health is responding to a leaked memo by the NDP showing that the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has been closed for weeks.
Official Opposition leader Carla Beck and rural and remote health critic Matt Love said the government’s lack of transparency is forcing communities and health care workers across Saskatchewan to create Facebook groups and pages to inform local residents of community closures.
“If they [government] can send out memos, they can notify the public,” said Love during a press conference in Regina Thursday morning.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) memo shows that the BUH ICU was shut down on July 13 and will remain closed until August 3. The closure will mean that anyone in need of intensive care will have to be transported to another facility during that time.