Saskatchewan’s NDP Leader says Health Minister Jim Reiter is putting patients at risk by having them in a hallway during a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Ryan Meili says there are serious gaps in Saskatchewan’s healthcare capacity, leading to people being cared for in hospital hallways.
He highlights the story of a woman who spoke out last fall after being left in a crowded hallway in the Pasqua Hospital for nearly a week.
Angela McLean is raising the alarm again because she says a friend of hers who is immunocompromised and severely ill, recently found herself in the same situation.
A bed was found for her a day after she was admitted.
Meili says physicians have told the NDP they are back in the same old situation, well over 100 per cent capacity, and Saskatoon’s ICU on multiple days has had to redirect patients elsewhere. (CKRM)