'Keep the doors open': As ERs close, doctor speaks out on the challenges of practising in rural Sask.

'Keep the doors open': As ERs close, doctor speaks out on the challenges of practising in rural Sask.

The senior lead physician of a Saskatchewan Medical Association program that provides help for rural doctors is speaking out on the challenges they face, after a number of temporary rural emergency room closures forced by a shortage of medical professionals in the province.

New Democrats continue to press the government on rural healthcare disruptions

Saskatchewan’s New Democrats continue to accuse the Sask Party Government of fostering a healthcare environment in rural communities that is “unreliable and dangerous.” A release from the NDP lists the communities that have experienced closures and disruptions over the past two weeks. They include Watrous, Edam, St. Walburg, Paradise Hill, Kipling, Broadview, Herbert, Porcupine Planes, Preeceville, Shellbrook, Leader and Arcola. “And those are ju