{"id":55984,"date":"2015-07-17T20:48:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T12:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=55984"},"modified":"2015-07-17T20:48:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T12:48:51","slug":"residents-of-saskatchewan-town-question-the-value-of-part-time-emergency-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/17\/residents-of-saskatchewan-town-question-the-value-of-part-time-emergency-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents of Saskatchewan town question the value of part time emergency room"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PREECEVILLE \u2013 There are calls from residents and opposition politicians to increase emergency services in Preeceville, Sask.<\/p>\n

Currently, the hospital provides emergency services every other week but Roberta Wiwcharuk with the Sunrise Health Region says Preeceville has not had around-the-clock emergency coverage for several years.<\/p>\n

According to the Sunrise Heath Region website, the community is 100 kilometres away from the City of Yorkton and 50 kilometres from Canora, which also has a hospital.<\/p>\n

Wiwcharuk also says a new doctor has been recruited for Preeceville who will start in January.<\/p>\n

But that’s little consolation to the relatives of Floyd Head, a 74-year-old who was forced to go to Yorkton, then to Regina \u2013 which is 258 kilometres from Preeceville \u2013 after suffering a heart attack in late June.<\/p>\n

He died a few days later.<\/p>\n

Relatives say when Head\u2019s wife phoned the local hospital, she was told the emergency department was closed because of a doctor shortage.<\/p>\n

Their son, David Head, says the situation is frustrating for residents of the town of 1,000 people.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t stand here and say the outcome of our story would have been different, if the hospital in Preeceville had been open,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I definitely like his chances a lot better if, on these time sensitive issues, we can get the meds and we have the support staff and the equipment we need right there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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