Health

Meota fundraiser concert for BUH Foundation a big success

The recent fundraiser concert in Meota saw a great show of support and brought in $17,155 for the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation. All proceeds benefit the "Every Minute Matters" ER capita...

Aug 08, 2022

‘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

COVID in wastewater increases but remains in the low range

While the amount of COVID in Prince Albert and North Battleford wastewater has increased since last week, the amounts are still lower than peaks seen in the past. As of July 18, the overall viral load...

Jul 25, 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

Midwest Food Resources community garden project flourishing

The third project for the Midwest Food Resources (MFR) community garden is coming in nicely since it was started last year. Executive director, Vesna Fa, said the weather has been ideal this summer, w...

Jul 22, 2022