Health

‘We have a problem’: Nurses union says Northern Sask. not immune to health care shortages

As stories of hospitals and health care centres buckling under pressure continue to surface, one of the province's biggest health care unions say the same issues are being felt in northern Saskatchewa...

Aug 05, 2022

How pigs are helping researchers find ways to keep organs alive after death

Yale researchers may have found a way to keep organs alive longer after death. Using new technology, they were able to restore blood circulation and other cellular functions in pigs a full hour after ...

Aug 04, 2022

Suicide rate in northern girls 26 times higher, a part of psychiatric crisis

Indigenous girls in northern Saskatchewan take their own lives at 26 times the rate of their southern counterparts and they have been relying on services in Prince Albert, said Carla Beck of the NDP. ...

Aug 04, 2022

Six infants stillborn in Sask. syphilis outbreak

An increase in syphilis in parts of Saskatchewan has led to the still births of six babies according to the medical officer of health for Indigenous Services in Saskatchewan. Dr. Ibrahim Khan said on-...

Jul 29, 2022

New ambulance rates in St. Walburg

Rates are changing for ambulance services in St. Walburg.Starting Sept. 1, WestMed Paramedics Inc. in the town will see rates change to $325 per call, as a result of being designated as an Advanced Li...

Jul 27, 2022

WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency

LONDON - The chief of the World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that qualifies as a global emergency. The head of th...

Jul 23, 2022

Shortage of epidurals catheters impacting Sask. hospitals

The shortage of catheters for epidurals is already impacting many Saskatchewan health centres, including the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert.Earlier this week, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SH...

Jul 22, 2022

Province reports an increase in COVID-related activity in latest monthly report

The province is reporting an increase in COVID-19 statistics in Saskatchewan.This is according to the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 Integrated Epidemiology Situation Report (EPI) for the reporting per...

Jul 21, 2022

Sask. NDP call for funding of life-saving medicine for Nipawin woman

Saskatchewan's opposition party is calling on the SaskParty government to fund life-saving treatment for a Nipawin woman.Earlier this month, northeastNOW shared the story of Morgan Buyaki who suffers ...

Jul 15, 2022

Health Canada approves first COVID-19 vaccine for youngest kids

Canada's drug regulator approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers Thursday, making it the first vaccine approved for that age group in the country.Health Canada now says the Mod...

Jul 14, 2022