COVID-19 remains evident within the Saskatchewan health-care system.One of the most prominent struggles lies with the recruitment and retention of health-care professionals.
2021 seeing increase in health-care workers leaving SHA According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority, from January to September of this year, 10.5 per cent more SHA staff members left the organization than over the same time frame a year before.CUPE local 5430 is the representative for CUPE health-care workers in the province.Their president, Bashir Jalloh, explained the burnout and stress that his members are facing, saying, “the stress of working short-staffed is having such an impact that some members are thinking of early retirement or changing.