organ donation

A long-awaited national reporting system on organ donation and transplantation is expected to be in place by the end of the year, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Institute for Health Information says. It would follow persistentefforts to address a lack of national data that has made it hard to optimize the allocation of organs, with […]

It is not running at 100 percent yet, but the Saskatchewan Health Authority says the organ donation program is running again after being suspended due to shutdowns associated with COVID-19. SHA Emergency Operations Chief Derek Miller said Tuesday the program is not running at full capacity though because of staffing vacancies mainly in Saskatoon. While […]

There is growing confidence that Saskatchewan may not be heading towards a winter of misery created by COVID-19. Chief Medical Health Officer Saqib Shahab says that improved vaccination rates is biggest reason for the increased optimism. He says that we still need to remain cautious. “We can’t let our attention slipped. Winter months are going […]