Occupational therapy services reduced at Royal University Hospital due to vacancies

Occupational therapy services have been paused in multiple units at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, according to a memo shared by the Opposition NDP.

The internal memo indicated occupational therapists have been temporarily reassigned to priority units due to an increase in vacancies, leaving at least nine departments without access to occupational therapy.

The NDP's associate health critic Keith Jorgenson called it the latest piece of an "iceberg of incompetence" on the part of the provincial government.

“The Sask. Party's ambitious recruitment plan is simply not working. They continue to drive health-care professionals out of our province,” he said at a news conference.

The departments being affected include coronary care, general surgery, cardiology, emergency and the clinic