Province spending $17M, adding 26 new ICU beds in Saskatoon hospital - BERITAJA

Saskatchewan is expanding the captious attraction ward successful its largest hospital.

Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill says different 7 beds will beryllium added complete 2 years to the big intensive attraction portion astatine Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital.

The costs will beryllium $17 cardinal and it will bring the caller full to 26 beds.

The state has already expanded intensive attraction units astatine different ample hospitals since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cockrill acknowledges it is simply a situation to unfastened caller beds fixed the struggle to find staff.

He says they are moving connected uncovering much group and says much unit has a wide ripple effect connected reducing wide worker accent and burnout.

“As there’s much folks connected the team, that reduces the request for overtime aliases statement staff,” Cockrill told reporters astatine a news convention Monday.