The union representing lab technicians for the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is concerned people who have been tested for COVID-19 will have delays receiving their results.SEIU-West said prior to the coronavirus pandemic, there was an increase in work that the government and health authority had not addressed.“They’re just running at full tilt and yet they’re still a day or two behind in simply labelling and sorting the samples, let alone testing and analyzing,” said president Barbara Cape.
Regina’s drive-thru coronavirus testing now 7 days a week to meet demand She also said there is concern for these employees who could be at a higher risk for burnout because of the onslaught of testing.Four weeks ago, the SHA said it had hired 27.