SASK. PARTY RUNNING HEALTHCARE INTO THE GROUND, FORCING FAMILIES TO FOOT THE BILL

Family Saddled With Costly Ambulance Bill After Capacity Pressures Force Care Outside Their Community
BIGGAR - Carla Beck’s team is calling on the provincial government to explain how their ongoing neglect of Saskatchewan’s healthcare system has caused a Biggar family to pick up an ambulance bill of more than $1,300 after their child required emergency care hours away in Prince Albert.

After receiving care in Biggar, Amy Haynes’ child needed to be transported by ambulance for further treatment. The family was told there was no room or appropriate care available in Saskatoon, North Battleford or even as far away as Swift Current.

As a result, an ambulance was required to transport the child all the way from Biggar to Prince Albert. Now, Amy and her spouse Dylan Haynes have received a bill of more than $1,300 for that ambulance trip — a cost they never could have anticipated when seeking emergency medical care for their child.

“Imagine being a parent, watching your child need urgent medical attention, and being told the care they need isn’t available anywhere close to home,” said Keith Jorgenson, Associate Shadow Minister of Health. “Amy did what any parent would do—she took her child elsewhere to receive the care they needed. This family should not be punished with a $1,300 bill because this Sask. Party government has left patients with no reasonable access to the care they need.”

Jorgenson says this case raises serious questions about the impact of hospital capacity pressures on patients and families across the province.

“The Haynes' story is about more than one bill. It is about what happens when families cannot access care close to home,” said Keith Jorgenson. “Saskatchewan families deserve a healthcare system that is there when they need it, without leaving them to pay the price for Scott Moe’s failures.”

“It’s time for change. “

-30-

Latest posts

SHA EXECUTIVES RECEIVE YET ANOTHER PAY RAISE WHILE FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS HOLD SOME OF THE LOWEST WAGES IN THE COUNTRY

Raises For Moe’s Insiders, Stagnant Wages For The People Providing Care
SASKATOON – Carla Beck’s team is sounding the alarms on new data from the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s (SHA) most recent annual report which shows that their executive team has received yet another pay increase, all while frontline healthcare staff have gone four years without a contract.

CARLA BECK CALLS ON SCOTT MOE, IGNORANT LABOUR MINISTER TO STOP PASSING THE BUCK AND GET A HEALTHCARE DEAL DONE

Ken Cheveldayoff Called Out By Workers For Failing To Act
SASKATOON – Carla Beck is demanding real leadership in the face of a potential healthcare strike this fall and demanding Scott Moe and his ignorant Labour Minister stop deflecting blame and get a deal done with frontline workers who have gone four years without a contract.

SCOTT MOE PUTS COSTLY EQUIPMENT OVER ENDING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS IN SASKATCHEWAN

While crime increases Sask. Party plans to buy sound cannons for a unit that does not currently and might never exist

SASKATOON – Saskatchewan is in the midst of a serious public safety crisis that statistics show is worsening year over year, but rather than investing in addressing it, Scott Moe and his Public Safety Minister are buying equipment for a unit that does not exist without a plan or mandate.

CARLA BECK’S TEAM DEMANDS SASK. PARTY MINISTERS VISIT SASKATOON’S OVERRUN 20TH STREET CORRIDOR TO SEE IMPACT OF DRUG CRISIS FIRSTHAND

Carr, Jenson Challenged To Meet Frontline Workers, Witness Consequences Of Government's Failures
SASKATOON – Carla Beck’s team is challenging Mental Health & Addictions Minister Lori Carr and Social Services Minister Terry Jenson to visit Saskatoon's overrun 20th Street corridor immediately. Frontline workers say the area has become an epicentre of an unprecedented drug crisis, while the Sask. Party government continues to fail in taking any meaningful action.

NDP Caucus Office