Saskatchewan NDP Shadow Minister for Rural and Remote Health, Meara Conway, In front of the Yorkton Regional Health Centre, sounded the alarm over what she calls a worsening healthcare crisis in rural communities.
During the NDP’s “Time to Deliver” tour, Conway revealed that between 2019 and 2024, rural Saskatchewan faced over 500 days without obstetric services and more than 4,000 days of emergency care disruptions.
In Yorkton alone, disruptions were recorded for 72 days. Conway pointed to chronic staffing shortages, especially of nurses, and called out the province’s reliance on costly travel nurses and its lack of transparency in reporting service closures.
She’s urging the government to meaningfully engage with frontline healthcare workers to find solutions.
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