After reports that a patient died in a Saskatoon emergency room because of over capacity pressures, the NDP Health Critic called on the Minister of Health today to present a plan to address the emergency.

Vicki Mowat says front line workers are raising the alarm that our Emergency rooms are so overtaxed people are dying as a results.

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses says overcrowding and under staffing have contributed to the death of a patient in a Saskatoon hospital.
Union president Tracy Zambory the patient died because care wasn’t provided in a timely fashion.

The NDP says numbers obtained through written questions show a 22 per cent increase in Emergency Room wait times in Regina and a 20 per cent increase in Saskatoon.

Last Saturday Saskatchewan Health Authority officials reported 150 patients in Saskatoon were receiving care in inappropriate spaces.