By News Room
Three Saskatchewan unions which represent health care providers are asking the Government of Saskatchewan to mark National Nursing Week by following through on a promise to hire more workers.
Tracey Sauer says Continuing Care Assistants do the bulk of hands on care in long term care, Not only have CCAs suffered from years of under staffing but during the past year, they have also experienced some of the highest risks of contracting COVID-19.”
One of the province’s election promises was to hire 300 additional Continuing Care Assistants. Sauer also says that since 2015 the province’s population for those 75 years of age and older has risen by more than 10 per cent but the number of full-time equivalent positions in the CCA classification has decreased.
248 new cases of COVID-19 in Sask; Three additional deaths
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200 new cases of COVID-19 in Sask: 3 additional deaths
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By Josh Sigurdson
Mar 6, 2021 2:09 PM
Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the 50-59 age group, one death was reported in the 70-79 age group and one death was reported in the 80+ age group. All three were from the Saskatoon zone.
There are 163 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to 29,593 cases.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (4), Far North East (14), North West (10), North Central (20), North East (3), Saskatoon (34), Central West (1), Central East (12), Regina (58), South West (1) and South East (4) zones. Two (2) cases are pending residence information. Twelve cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West (5), North West (1), North Central (3) and Regina (3) zones.