Doctor warns that 200 surgeries a day are being cancelled in Saskatchewan
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The father of an 11-month-old daughter unable to get surgery or medical treatment is going public with his concerns over the deepening health-care crisis in Saskatchewan caused by surging COVID-19 cases.
Graham Dickson said his daughter, Helen, is suspected of having cerebral palsy.
But the decision to draw down or suspend some non-emergency services in Saskatchewan means that a final diagnosis has been delayed, and surgeries or procedures that could improve his daughter's quality of life have been put on the back burner.
"I am scared that she's going to have long-term impacts from this that she'll have to suffer with for the rest of her life, which to me is just baffling," he said.
"I don't understand why we're in this position."
And they are not alone.
Saskatchewan's health-care system has been pushed to its limit dealing with COVID-19, and Helen is one of thousands of people whose treatment has been delayed and affected by provincial decisions.
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