Severe staffing shortages in Regina General radiology unit led to patient deaths: health-care workers – CBC
Minister of Health says Sask. Health Authority is contracting radiology groups to stabilize services
May 09, 2025
A recently leaked letter from health-care workers at Regina General Hospital alleges that patients have died after not receiving urgent, life-saving interventions due to severe staffing shortages in the hospital’s interventional radiology unit.
The leaked letter says that, among other issues, only four out of 10 interventional radiology technologist positions and four of nine nursing positions are filled at Regina General.
Regina health-care workers joined the Opposition NDP at the Saskatchewan Legislature Thursday morning. When the NDP raised the issues outlined in the letter, Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill said he had not seen it. He told reporters later that his ministry will review the letter to understand the issues.
Dionne Wagner, the Canadian Union of Public Employees area representative for Regina’s Pasqua Hospital, said she had a meeting with the Ministry of Health three weeks ago.
“[Cockrill] is definitely well aware of the concerns that are going on in our health care,” said Wagner.
