Among the things no new mother wants to see in her hospital room are cockroaches, but that’s what happened at the Regina General Hospital in October.

According to Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill, there were reports of cockroaches in two rooms. He said the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) immediately cleared out the rooms and investigated. • Sask. Health Authority to ditch problem-plagued AIMS scheduling system • Fixing Regina hospital culture will ‘take time,’ minister says • Saskatchewan NDP calls out provincial government over Regina urgent care centre hours

“It was found that the cockroaches were brought in by a patient and their family,” he explained.

Cockrill said the rooms were blocked off, pest control vendors were called, and the situation has been monitored since.

“My

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