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Sask. expanding private medical procedures to address COVID-19 surgical backlog
Brendan Ellis
CTVNewsRegina.ca Digital Content Producer
Published Dec. 10, 2021 3:38 p.m. EST
Saskatchewan is looking to private medical service providers to help address the surgical backlog created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The province said it is working with its current third party provider to increase the number and types of surgeries they provide, as part of the service resumption plan announced Thursday.
A Request for Information to test the market for “additional third party surgical providers for day procedures, overnight inpatient surgeries, and post-operative care including therapies and home care,” was also issued. The procedures would be publicly funded.
Along with bringing back a “sustainable” level of public surgeries, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said additional private surgeries are necessary in the short-term to reduce the current backlog...
Sask. expanding private medical procedures to address COVID-19 surgical backlog
Brendan Ellis
CTVNewsRegina.ca Digital Content Producer
Published Dec. 10, 2021 3:38 p.m. EST
Saskatchewan is looking to private medical service providers to help address the surgical backlog created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The province said it is working with its current third party provider to increase the number and types of surgeries they provide, as part of the service resumption plan announced Thursday.
A Request for Information to test the market for “additional third party surgical providers for day procedures, overnight inpatient surgeries, and post-operative care including therapies and home care,” was also issued. The procedures would be publicly funded.
Along with bringing back a “sustainable” level of public surgeries, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said additional private surgeries are necessary in the short-term to reduce the current backlog...
