REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Leader Carla Beck and House Leader Nicole Sarauer were joined by the family of the late Shayne Turner, who was prematurely discharged from hospital following an overdose only to tragically lose his life later that day. Together, they called on Scott Moe’s Sask. Party government to finally fix the broken mental health system that failed Shayne.
“Shayne Turner was denied adequate care and tragically lost his life because Scott Moe has pushed our health system and the people in it to the brink of collapse,” said Beck. “When people turn to our hospitals and health system for life-saving care, it should be there. For Shayne, it wasn’t, and that’s something that can’t be taken back.”
On November 7th, 2021, Shayne suffered an overdose and was admitted to the Regina General Hospital. The next morning, he was discharged after being denied access to detox services. He was released prematurely with two pamphlets, a cab voucher and no naloxone kit despite the Ministry of Health expanding naloxone access for situations such as this one years earlier. He died later that day.
“Shayne, like Samwel Uko, Steven Rigby and countless others, lost his life because the Sask. Party government failed to improve our mental health and addictions services,” said Sarauer. “We have some of the highest rates of suicide in Canada and platitudes like ‘we’re working on it’ and ‘we’re taking this situation seriously’ mean nothing without real action to back them up.”
The Official Opposition called on the Sask. Party government to address their massive failings in the mental health and addictions system and to support the Turner family’s request to the Chief Coroner for an inquest into Shayne’s death.
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Poor working conditions, favouritism, $300K travel nurse pay at issue
REGINA - Today, the Official Opposition released a letter signed by 49 emergency room nurses in Saskatoon. The letter slams the Sask. Party government for failing to support Saskatchewan nurses and curb the province’s reliance on expensive out-of-province travel nurses.
REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Critic for First Nations and Métis Relations Betty Nippi-Albright hosted a Day of Action with Indigenous leaders from Nekaneet First Nation, Yellow Quill First Nation, Waterhen Lake First Nation, Onion Lake Cree Nation, Carry The Kettle First Nation, Key First Nation and the residential school support team from Yorkton Tribal Council. Together, they continue to draw attention to the Sask. Party government’s disregard for the Duty to Consult process.
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REGINA - Today, the Official Opposition grilled the Premier and his Minister of Health after the Minister misled the public, claiming that he had not been lobbied by a former Sask. Party MLA when Saskatchewan's official lobbyist logs show the exact opposite.