KAMSACK 鈥� A Saskatchewan cabinet minister is promising that a small-town hospital that just lost its last acute care beds and saw its emergency hours reduced will be re-opened.
Everett Hindley, whose responsibilities include rural health, told reporters at the Kamsack hospital that the closure is due to staff shortages that will be remedied.聽
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to do that,鈥� he promised.聽
鈥淲e鈥檒l re-open the hospital. We鈥檙e going to bring in staff. This is not a permanent closure of the Kamsack Hospital. This is a temporary situation because we don鈥檛 have the number of staff we need.鈥�
The Kamsack Hospital has lost its remaining five acute care beds and has seen its emergency hours shrink to from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays.
About 200 people in front of the hospital booed the minister.聽
New Democrat MLA Matt Love also addressed the crowd, saying the governing Saskatchewan Party has mismanaged the health-care system. (CTV Regina)
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 14, 2022.聽
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