The viral video of patients in beds in the hallways at Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital (RUH) is a sign of a much broader issue, according to the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN).

Forty-two people were seeking inpatient beds at RUH during its peak demand last week, which the SHA said it had been compounded by the presence of seasonal flu.

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SUN president Bryce Boynton said it was frustrating for the SHA to point to things like seasonal surges.

“The frontline experts, the nurses who are on the ground, doing the work, have been

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