In an effort to help ease the minds of everyone at the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is suspending all parking fees for patients, employees, and physicians, effective immediately The SHA is urging people follow the signs to make sure they are parking in the right spot. People visiting hospitals for […]
The provincial ministry of health is reporting the first two deaths as a result of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. The two residents were in their 70’s. One case was related to travel. The province also announced 20 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 176. Five people are in hospital. One of those patients […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced that it has opened a new primary care assessment site to help alleviate pressure on existing medical centres due to COVID-19. The new site will provide intermediate care, assessment, and treatment of people with symptoms that have progressively worsened over consecutive days and consistent with those of COVID-19. The Regina […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning anyone who was at a snowmobile rally Christopher Lake back in March 14th that they will need to self-isolate. This comes after two people that were at the rally’s supper tested positive for COVID-19. One of the two confirmed cases was serving at the event.Organizers say over 110 people […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is expanding capacity to meet demand for future phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is one part of the SHA’s overall strategy to contain, delay and mitigate COVID-19. “Based on what we know from other jurisdictions, it is critical we act immediately to expand acute care capacity to mitigate the […]
The daily update from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health shows six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province bringing the total to 72. 60 percent of the cases are in men and of the 72 confirmed cases, 59 are between the ages of 20-64 with 11 in people aged 65 and older and two […]
The spread of COVID-19 could exceed the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s capacity for acute services and amount to a death toll in the thousands, says a document. Some estimates for infections as well as preparations on how to deal with the spread of the virus are outlined in a March 20 internal planning presentation from the […]
With the ongoing escalation of COVID-19 activities, the Saskatchewan Health Authority, Laboratory Medicine Provincial Program is closing in-hospital lab collection sites to ensure that staff and resources are being prioritized effectively. The Saskatchewan Health Authority will close the following in-hospital collection sites effective Monday March 23, 2020 at 7:00 a.m.: • General Hospital, Regina • […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority welcomed the news of Premier Moe declaring a state of emergency in the province, saying that it will help them be able to contain, delay, and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. Through the declaration, as of Monday the 23rd, the SHA will be discontinuing all non-urgent or elective surgeries, […]
The Saskatchewan government says four new presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 have been made. This brings the total number of people in the province to have the virus to six One resident is a health care worker in their 30’s who has a recent history of travel to Nigeria and Germany, as well as Alberta. […]
