An internal email to management shows the status of Saskatoon hospitals was changed from “normal” to “bypass” at 6:10 a.m. on March 29. Additional leaked messages indicate hospitals in North Battleford and Prince Albert were also placed on bypass over the past two weeks.
“When every hospital in our largest city is overwhelmed to the point that patients are being turned away and sent hours up the highway that’s not just a system in crisis, it’s a system in complete failure,” Beck said. “Scott Moe has driven healthcare here into the ground, and his bad news budget delivers no relief.
“We don’t have to settle for overcrowded hospitals, overworked staff and patients suffering through hours-long trips in ambulances to any available emergency room. We can deliver big, bold change in Saskatchewan healthcare — we’ve done it before and we will do it again.”
Hospital occupancy reports from Sunday also confirm there were no available beds across Saskatoon hospitals. Nearly 200 patients were designated as Alternative Level of Care (ALC), meaning they no longer required hospital treatment but could not be discharged due to a lack of appropriate care options — further straining an already overwhelmed system.
“Scott Moe stopped listening to frontline healthcare workers — and this is the result,” said Deputy Leader Vicki Mowat. “People in Saskatoon, North Battleford and Prince Albert deserve to know that a hospital is there for them in the event of an emergency. I am calling Moe and his Health Minister to step forward immediately with a plan to ensure that these hospitals don’t go back into bypass.”
Beck’s team also continues to call on the Sask. Party to stop hiding a real-time tracker that provides information on emergency room closures. Last week, Associate Health Minister Keith Jorgenson mailed 500 municipal leaders evidence of the real-time tracker and urged they sign a petition demanding it be made public.
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