Healthcare workers joined the Saskatchewan NDP at the Legislature Thursday to draw attention to a leaked letter from workers at Regina General Hospital.

The NDP says the letter was signed by 15 radiology technologists and nurses and it warns: “Lack of physician coverage has already resulted in cases where patients did not receive life-saving interventions in time.”

The letter outlines the shortages including six of 10 IR technologists and five-of-nine nursing positions have not been filled, procedure rooms are being used by other programs, resulting in delays, longer patient wait times and increased overtime.

In a news release Meara Conway, Shadow Minister for Rural and Remote Health, says the Sask Party government cut healthcare by $17 million in the most recent budget.