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How those working within and outside of Sask. s health-care system are fighting systemic racism Practitioners say racism and discrimination persist within Saskatchewan health care, shaping the care patients receive and the personal health of those who provide it.
Author of the article: Zak Vescera
Publishing date: Jun 03, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 10 minute read • Most Canadians think of their health care system as being free and equal. But Saskatchewan practitioners say racism and discrimination persist within, shaping the care patients receive and the personal health of the people who provide it. Photo by Saskatoon StarPhoenix /Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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Dr. Veronica McKinney was working at a clinic in west Saskatoon when a man in his 40s entered asking for pain medication. He seemed brusque, uninterested in talking, and McKinney sensed something was wrong. She asked to examine the man to find the source of his pain. As she began, he started
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has seen a steep increase in employees working overtime. Since April 2020, the SHA is reporting a 4,539 per cent increase in overtime hours. The data was revealed in the latest physician townhall. Doctors working for the SHA meet virtually every Thursday to discuss key pandemic information. “The overtime hours paid for COVID support work have been really, really significant,” Dr. Johnmark Opondo, a medical health officer with the SHA, said in the meeting. In the townhall, Opondo said the overtime spike can be largely attributed to contact tracing. “It shows the amount of work it has taken to do some of the contact tracing work which isn’t always visible. This is the back office work, the online work and the calling. It’s not always the front and centre of your mind, but it really shows,” he said.
SASKATOON This week marks National Nursing Week, a time for people to draw attention to the contributions of nurses in Canada, especially in the past year when nurses have been pushed to limits. Saskatchewan Union of Nurses President Tracy Zambory says it’s the most important week of the year, calling nurses the “back bone” of the healthcare system. “It has been heartbreaking, stressful, anxiety ridden times where it could have been easy to say you know we don’t wanna do this anymore’ but the nursing team has shown up,” Zambory told CTV News. She says there’s multiple ways that nurses have stepped up to “answer the call” throughout the pandemic.