Posted: Feb 04, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 4
Saskatchewan doctors treating eating disorders say the pandemic has led to an increase in children requiring treatment.(Shuttershock)
Two Saskatchewan doctors who treat children with eating disorders say the pandemic has increased patients and those they are seeing are younger than a typical year. More kids are struggling, more kids are being referred for outpatient clinic visits or outpatient treatment, and more kids are being admitted both for medical complications of their eating difficulties as well as psychiatric admissions, said Dr. Ayisha Kurji, a Saskatoon pediatrician.
Kurji said the onset of an eating disorder is typically in the 14 to 15-year-old age group. She said while the statistics are not yet available, anecdotally, younger children are requiring treatment.
PRINCE ALBERT Two Saskatchewan women are leading the creation of two apps that teach their traditional Indigenous languages. Gwen Cubbon, a 36-year-old from the Canoe Lake Cree First Nation, grew up speaking Cree but it wasn’t until she went to school that she learned English. Since moving from her home community, she’s lost a lot of the Cree language, but is working on regaining it. “I just want to be an advocate for people my age and people who are really wanting to learn that it is possible,” she said. Cubbon is hoping her app is an accessible way of learning the Cree language that’s specific to Canoe Lake, which also contains a small amount of Michif.
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REGINA Two Saskatchewan health care workers became the first people in the province to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, on Tuesday evening. Dr. Jeffrey Betcher, the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s critical care lead for the Regina area, and Leah Sawatsky, a Regina emergency room nurse, received the first two doses of the vaccine.
Leah Sawatsky (left), a Regina emergency room nurse, and Dr. Jeffrey Betcher (right), the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s critical care lead for the Regina area, received Saskatchewan s first COVID-19 vaccine doses. The first round of COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in Saskatchewan on Tuesday afternoon. The immunization of 1,950 local healthcare workers began at 6 p.m. at Regina’s General Hospital.
Six of the new cases are located in the South East region, with two in Estevan’s Zone 4, three in Zone 1 to the northwest of the region and one in Zone 2 to the north of Zone 4. There are currently three active cases in Estevan’s zone. One case in Zone 4 has been classified as recovered. The other new cases are located in the Far North West (eight), Far North Central (three), Far North East (14), North West (30), North Central (50), North East (17), Saskatoon (51), Central West (two), Central East (16), Regina (59), South West (one) and South Central (five) zones. Seven new cases have pending residence information.