Healthy People in Healthy Communities
A workshop to promote excellence in wound care across the continuum of care will be offered in SCHR in Weyburn on April 26, 2012 at the Canalta Hotel. It is one-day course, jam-packed with excellent Wound Care Management education. This is the same education session that was offered in Estevan in November. It was really great [...]
Tue, January 31 2012 » View all Posts » No Comments
Where can I find mental health services in Sun Country Health Region? Where in this Region can I go for 24 sexual assault support, or some education about diabetes?Where is a Nurse Practitioner available? The answers to all of those questions are available on the Sun Country Health Region Chronic Disease Inventory. The new 2012 [...]
Fri, January 27 2012 » View all Posts » No Comments
Did you know Sun Country Health Region offers lab services close to you? Lab services and hours of operation Arcola Health Centre 607 Prairie Avenue Arcola 455-2771 Monday to Friday, 7:30-5 p.m. Bengough Health Centre 400-2 Street. W. Bengough 268-2840 Monday to Friday, 8-4 p.m. Coronach Health Centre 240 South Ave. E. Coronach 267-2022 Monday [...]
Thu, January 26 2012 » View all Posts » No Comments
Technology is not the sole answer to the provision of more efficient and effective health care. We know that without the human touch, and compassionate human thought, we might as well provide health services with robots. But the effective use of good technology can be very exciting. Telehealth is a great example. Sun Country Health [...]
Tue, January 17 2012 » View all Posts » No Comments
Sun Country Health Region (SCHR) has experienced an increase of gastrointestinal illness (stomach flu) during the last couple of weeks. The Region has seen the impact in its emergency rooms, and has two norovirus outbreaks in its health care facilities. Dr. Shauna Hudson, Medical Health Officer and Dr. Alain Lenferna, Vice President, Medical for Sun [...]
Fri, January 13 2012 » View all Posts » No Comments
Physician recruitment is one of the most difficult subjects in health care in Saskatchewan today. In spite of the fact that health regions, local citizen/municipal committees and the provincial Saskdocs recruitment agency are all working hard to find more doctors, there are still 130 vacancies all around the province. The CBC found 22 communities affected [...]
Thu, January 12 2012 » View all Posts » No Comments
Yvonne McNeil, Home Health Aide for Home Care in Weyburn has been collecting Christmas hats for some time and now has one for every day in December. Her clients, and even the other residents of buildings wait to see what hat she’ll be wearing each day! On Christmas day, Yvonne dresses as Santa and if [...]
Mon, January 9 2012 » View all Posts » No Comments
Live Well™ is a self-management program available in Sun Country Health Region for people who are living with or caring for someone with a chronic illness, including but not limited to diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, chronic pain, kidney disease, stroke, asthma and depression. This community-based program is led by trained peer leaders, many who have chronic conditions [...]
Mon, January 9 2012 » View all Posts » No Comments