NEARLY 2,300 DAYS LATER, SCOTT MOE HAS NO PLAN TO STAFF PRINCE ALBERT’S EXPANDED VICTORIA HOSPITAL

Staff Shortages Causing Healthcare Chaos All Over Saskatchewan After 20 Years Of Sask. Party Failures

SASKATOON – Carla Beck’s team is calling out Scott Moe for planning another phony photo op in Prince Albert this week outside the ongoing construction site of the Victoria Hospital while offering no credible plan to staff the long-overdue project when it’s completed.

The renewed and expanded Victoria Hospital project was first announced on March 6, 2020, nearly 2,300 days ago. It is currently due to be completed in 2028; however there have been constant local concerns about where staff to run the larger and desperately needed healthcare facility will come from.

“It’s one thing to build a hospital, it’s another thing to have the people to run it and provide desperately needed healthcare,” said Leroy Laliberte, Mental Health & Addictions Shadow Minister. “The people of Prince Albert have waited so long — much, much longer than originally promised — for this hospital but I fear we’re going to see closures and delays that force people to sit in waiting rooms for hours and even days.”

Elsewhere, staffing shortages under the Sask. Party have turned hospital emergency rooms in larger cities into what frontline staff describe as “warzones,” and forced constant closures in rural communities. Hospital closures have shot up 800 per cent during Scott Moe’s time as Premier.

In Regina, an Urgent Care Centre touted almost daily by Moe is forced to reduce its hours nearly every weekend due to staffing shortages. Documents revealed by Beck’s team last week revealed that in October, only 22 out of 60 needed frontline shifts were covered at the centre.

On Wednesday, the Sask. Party is planning a news conference at the Victoria Hospital site to tout the number of hours that have gone into construction of the expanded hospital.

“I want to thank the construction teams for all they’ve done to get this hospital off the ground, but I also want to hear a real and tangible update — how many additional staff will be needed to run this expanded hospital and how many will the government actually be able to hire?” Laliberte said.

“Let’s be clear — Saskatchewan healthcare is in worse shape than ever after 20 years of the Sask. Party. Their only solution has been to re-announce the same failed healthcare commitments over and over. Scott Moe broke Saskatchewan healthcare and he can’t be trusted to fix it.

“Carla Beck’s team will deliver big, bold change in healthcare and ensure the people of Prince Albert and those across the North get the healthcare we need. Saskatchewan used to lead the nation in healthcare, and we can do it again.”

Beck’s team is consulting broadly on the future of healthcare — people can get involved at YourCareYourSay.ca.

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