Hundreds of nurses in Saskatchewan took to the streets Thursday, demanding action from the government on chronic staffing shortages that are putting patients at risk.
“How do you safely care for patients in a busy emergency room when you are routinely 200 per cent over-capacity, beds line hallways, and critical care happens out in the open in waiting room chairs, all while you are working seven registered nurses short?” Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory asks.
On Thursday, hundreds of nurses rallied in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building demanding action on staffing shortages. “It’s a perfect storm for a catastrophe in the making,” Zambory said. “I hear from SUN members lamenting their career choice almost daily, describing their severe moral distress from being unable to provide the safe care patients need or saying they’ve never wanted to leave the profession more.”
Mowat said it’s Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe’s fault the hospital and other health-care facilities in the province are stressed, and believes he can’t be trusted to fix the problem.
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