Government of Saskatchewan ministries, Crown corporations and organizations are implementing contingency plans to minimize the impacts of postal service disruption.
Les ministères, sociétés d’État et organismes du gouvernement de la Saskatchewan mettent en œuvre des plans d’urgence (en anglais) visant à réduire les répercussions de l’interruption du service des postes.
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Released on April 24, 2017
The Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS) is celebrating its 5th anniversary of saving lives in Saskatchewan.
Through the renewed funding agreements with the five Crowns, STARS will receive $10 million, or $2 million per Crown, over the next five years. With bases in Regina and Saskatoon, STARS operates 24 hours per day, seven days per week providing emergency air medical services to patients across the province, especially those in rural and remote communities.
“We are proud to have become an integral part of Saskatchewan’s health care system in the last five years, working alongside our local partners in the chain of survival,” STARS president and CEO Andrea Robertson said. “When seconds count, STARS is honoured to give those in need a second chance.”
The first patient to meet the STARS crew who saved her life was Carrie Derin, a Regina resident who required STARS’ services when she was hit by a falling tree in 2012. Another STARS patient is Adair O’Grady. The Neilburg area farmer was inadvertently run over by a truck and sustained multiple critical injuries.
“In the back of the STARS helicopter, I wondered if I would survive,” O’Grady said. “But my flight paramedic and nurse gave me hope and encouragement to fight for my life.”
Since 2012, four helipads have been built at or near hospitals throughout the province to accommodate STARS. The new Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan will include the first permanent helipad in Saskatoon.
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For more information, contact:
Shirley Xie
Health
Regina
Phone: 306-787-4083
Email: shirley.xie@health.gov.sk.ca
Cell: 306-537-3594
Mark Oddan
STARS
Saskatoon
Phone: 306-565-8000
Email: moddan@stars.ca
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