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Representing almost 10,000 Registered Nurses(RN), Nurse Practitioners (NPs) & Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPNs) in Saskatchewan
Apr 13, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Sask. ERs are collapsing. The safety of care is severely compromised.

This thread is what ER are nurses are reporting.

“We have maxed out every viable option.”
“We have reached a tipping point.”

Many leave each shift in tears, fearful for their patients, exhausted.
#skpoli Saskatoon ERs, April 13:

129 ER patients (RUH, SPH, SCH) & 66 DON’T HAVE A BED (fluctuating numbers).

Children’s mental health had a child wait 3 days in ER

SPH waiting room in a hallway & pts in old waiting room
#skpoli