By News Room Mar 12, 2021 3:01 PM The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the Moe government is considering plans to cut services to the microbiology lab at Yorkton Regional Health Centre. The union calls it a betrayal of rural health services that will increase wait times for diagnostic services. Sandra Seitz, president of CUPE Local 5430 says, “Rural health services have been struggling under this provincial government, and the cutting of microbiology lab services would further erode rural health care services in Saskatchewan,” She says, “Having to send samples to Regina would double the wait time for test results meaning rural patients are at a greater risk of delayed treatment.”