Sun Country Health Region is working with municipal officials and provincial government ministries to reduce the impact on residents of flooding in the Region this past weekend.
"Sun Country Health Region (SCHR) sympathizes with all those people whose lives are disrupted and whose property is damaged as a result of the flooding," said Janice Giroux, Vice-president of Community Health for the Region. "We are responding with health care expertise and material support wherever possible."
The Region's Emergency Operations Centre was activated on the weekend.
Public health inspectors have provided advice about safe drinking water to all businesses and agencies in Weyburn and to residents through the Region's website at www.suncountry.sk.ca. They are providing advice to other municipal officials where water and sewer facilities were affected by flooding.
Mental health specialists trained in psychological first aid are visiting the reception centres in Weyburn and Estevan to offer support. They will continue to be available on an ongoing basis.
Staff from St. Joseph's Hospital helped set up the city's reception centre and volunteered during the weekend there. EMS staff assisted with evacuations and others are working with the city's Emergency Measures Organization.
No health care facilities in the cities of Weyburn and Estevan or surrounding communities are impacted by the flooding, with the exception of Radville Marian Health Centre and Weyburn Special Care Home.
The Weyburn Special Care Home was back to normal on June 20 after its basement was flooded on June 17. No residents were evacuated.
Radville Health Centre continues to care for residents, in spite of the failure of water and sewer facilities, as it has done for several weeks. Some community residents also went there for shelter during the weekend.
"SCHR will continue to work with its partners to deal with the emergency as effectively as possible," said Giroux.
