The Government of Saskatchewan is responding to concerns raised by the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) regarding St. Paul’s Hospital exceeding capacity.
The union’s statement emphasized that the situation had reached a critical point, prompting questions about the government’s immediate plan to address the issue.
On Thursday, Health Minister Everett Hindley outlined the government’s approach to managing the overcrowding problem.
“We’ve seen some of the impacts of that, of being able to try and utilize the space we have in hospitals like St. Paul’s. We’re trying to make sure we have the right patients in the hospitals and finding ways to refer what we call alternative level care patients into other settings,” said Hindley.
However, SUN president Tracy Zambory criticized the government’s reliance on “load leveling” as a solution, arguing that it lacks meaningful impact on the ground.
“[The minister] talks about load leveling and those kinds of things, which …