Saskatoon nurses say 41 patients are without a bed in St. Paul’s emergency room
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Nearly 10 months after the SHA introduced the Saskatoon Capacity Action Plan, nurses at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon say they continue to see major issues.
A social media post from the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) is gaining traction online after saying 41 patients at St. Paul’s emergency department are without ward beds.
The information comes from an emergency room nurse who is just one of many nurses calling for help.
Just last week, the union posted on X, formerly Twitter, that 33 patients were without a bed.
The quote from the Saskatoon ER nurse says the situation is worse than in November 2023, when nurses rallied across the province.
“It has progressively gotten worse since June and all the fixes promised in the capacity action plan are used up and we are being given no more solutions,” the message reads.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority’s action plan is meant to take the pressure off Saskatoon’s hospitals.
Within the first few weeks, the plan included adding temporary staff to acute care units. Within three months, the SHA promised to add more long-term and convalescent care beds in the community.
