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Oxbow-area residents came together to hear the progress that has been made between the SHA and the community representatives committee. also a new recliner donated to the palliative care room to offer loved ones comfort during their stay. A hard blow was dealt to the health-care team in the area in June when the Galloway Health Centre experienced the departure of two doctors. Two new physicians have been hired since and the community is back up to three doctors again. Dr. Jagjot Kaur and Dr. Nazneen Hussain have accepted positions with the Galloway Health-Centre. One doctor has begun the on-call status, while the other is becoming familiar with the system and community. In the meantime, the virtual physician (VP) program was implemented Aug. 1. This works in conjunction with the 811 line when there is no
emergency coverage in Oxbow’s facility. Patients will contact 811 and speak with the nurse on call regarding their symptoms and from there, an assessment will made and determine the state of severity of the individual. The patient will be advised to wait for regular physician hours, to go to the emergency department or to wait for first responders to arrive. Patients that have been directed to go to emergency will speak to a Saskatchewan physician on the VP system once they have been initially assessed by the nurses there at emergency. A plan to treat the individual will be determined and further treatment may require travel to another facility. This is not a permanent solution but merely a bridge to
full service once staffing levels have been filled. Tamara Brock added that due to the positive and transparent discussions between the two parties, many projects have been initiated and developed for the area. Oxbow was added to the Saskatchewan Rural and Remote Recruitment Incentive program. With this program in place, monetary incentive bonuses of up to $50,000 are available to new employees in nine priority health occupations across 54 rural and remote communities in the province. There is also further incentive of $10,000 to health-care workers from outside of Canada to accept one of these positions and relocate their families to Saskatchewan. A2 » CONCERNS
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A town-hall was held at the Memorial Hall in Oxbow on Monday night, with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, politicians, health-care executives and community reprsentatives commitment sharing their progress. Oxbow’s three appointed committee members joined the other individuals from the RM of Enniskillen, the Oxbow Galloway Trust Committee and Southeast Healthcare Recruitment and Retention. The groups have met three times since February’s first town-hall session. The talks have been described as open and respectful. Oxbow’s representatives reported on the talks and the resulting changes that have taken place, as well as the challenges still faced. Tara Brock, Tamara Brock and Treena Mohrbutter prepared a report for the evening. Tamara Brock read the report to the town-hall attendees. She thanked all those who attended, then mentioned that the questions and concerns from the first town-hall meeting in February had been co-ordinated and turned over to the appropriate department or group. The objective of the meeting was to
inform the community about the results so far. Committee representatives started a Facebook page to update and alert the community and area of any service disruptions and service enhancements. These updates will be made available on community message delivery systems as well. The community is encouraged to keep up with the changes in local health-care services. Monday night’s panellists were SHA director Erin Goodfellow; Dr. Vijay Prabhu, family physician/area division lead for SE9; Sheena Grimes, director of primary health care for SE9; Cannington MLA Daryl Harrison; and Prince Albert Northcote MLA Alana Ross. Most of the panel rose to address the community regarding the ongoing work that has been addressed and completed along with the needs of the area still to be resolved. The evening’s moderator directed those in attendance to sign in and count themselves as part of the concerned citizens. Tamara Brock began with the co-operative effort that the staff at the Galloway Health Centre and Oxbow Health Care Auxiliary completed. The two groups worked together to reopen the family area in the multipurpose side of the facility. There was
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