Nurses raise concerns about patient safety, staffing shortages in Sask. maternity wards – CTV
August 27, 2025
The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) is sharing anonymous letters from nurses on social media, citing unsafe conditions in maternity wards in Saskatoon and Regina.
SUN president Bryce Boynton said nurses are reporting staffing shortages, a lack of beds, outdated equipment and inadequate care at the maternity ward in the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital.
“They don’t have enough staff to keep up with the number of patients that are coming in,” Boynton said.
He says staff are seeing an increase in the number of expectant mothers presenting with comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes and syphilis, making their care more complex.
Boynton adds Regina General Hospital’s maternity ward is facing similar challenges, along with issues around outdated equipment. Those concerns were echoed in anonymous letters posted to social media.
“Patients are being denied basic care, waiting in waiting rooms for hours, delivering in triage beds and being denied epidurals because of capacity pressures,” one nurse at Regina General Hospital wrote.
