AS MOE HOLDS PRINCE ALBERT HOSPITAL EXPANSION HOSTAGE, DATA SHOWS EMERGENCY ROOM OVERRUN

Carla Beck Has Promised To Fully Fund Long-Overdue Victoria Hospital Project
PRINCE ALBERT – While Scott Moe plays political games with a long-needed hospital expansion in Prince Albert, leaked data shows the existing emergency department is overrun.

Data from a Saskatchewan Health Authority emergency department tracking dashboard captured Monday morning shows the Victoria Hospital emergency department was at 112 per cent capacity, was short eight patient beds and waits for care were as long as 40 hours.

The data was leaked to the Official Opposition. Previous similar leaks were dismissed by the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s communications team, which is run by a former Moe campaign insider.

“This is the health authority’s own data — are they really saying we can’t even trust them to properly report on the chaos in Saskatchewan hospitals?” said Keith Jorgenson, Associate Shadow Health Minister.

“Healthcare in Prince Albert and right across Saskatchewan is in worse shape than ever after 20 years of the Sask. Party. We know that while Scott Moe and his Ministers play political games, it’s patients that ultimately suffer.”

Recently, it surfaced that the Sask. Party is trying to bill the City of Prince Albert $30 million for a long-needed expansion of Victoria Hospital after Moe previously promised in the Legislature to fully fund the project.

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has written to the city’s mayor to pledge that her government would fully fund the expansion as promised.

“We will deliver big, bold change in healthcare and ensure it’s there for every Saskatchewan person when they need it,” Jorgenson said.

“Moe’s only answer to this crisis he helped cause is to move to a two-tier American-style model where his rich buddies can pay to jump the line for care and everyone else gets ignored. It’s time for this failed Premier to go and for Carla Beck and her team to deliver real change for Prince Albert — for Saskatchewan.”

People can have their say on the future of Saskatchewan healthcare at YourCareYourSay.ca

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