Sunrise Health Region is receiving $503,198 from the Saskatchewan government to improve the quality and safety of surgical care. The funding will enable the Health Region to enhance home care and therapy services for postsurgery patients.
"We have made excellent progress under the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative toward our goal of offering patients safer surgery within three months," Health Minister Dustin Duncan said. "I want to acknowledge the incredible work being done in Sunrise Health Region to put the patient first by achieving lasting improvements in the quality and timeliness of surgical care."
"We are very pleased with the progress made in reducing our surgery wait lists," said Vice President of Health Services, Roberta Wiwcharuk. "In Sunrise Health Region, the additional funding will be used to improve home care and therapy supports so that our patients can achieve optimum health after their surgery."
The Saskatchewan government announced $70.5 million in its 2013-14 budget to equip health regions to continue to improve surgical care. Enhancements include better access to patient assessment and post-operative care, training for more operating room nurses and an increased volume of surgeries to reduce wait times. Collectively, health regions will provide 7,000 additional surgeries this year.
Since 2007, the number of Saskatchewan patients waiting more than six months for surgery has fallen 64 per cent and the number waiting more than three months has fallen 49 per cent.
More information is available at: www.health.gov.sk.ca/surgical-initiative.
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