In a leaked hospital memo, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) told workers to ignore questions and not coordinate tours for politicians or political party members..“Please be advised that we are not to coordinate tours or answer questions about our facility to any political parties,” said the memo.. SHA Leaked Memo Feb 7 2023 .The Western Standard acquired a memo sent to the staff at the Lanigan Hospital Feb. 7 from the SHA..It is from the Health Services Manager, whose name is redacted..The subject line is “Hospital Tours/Interviews from political leaders.”.The memo specifically tells SHA staff to send requests to a redacted contact, referred to as “Central Coordination.”.“If any MLA’s or members of a political party request any information from Lanigan Integrated Hospital please direct them to the process implemented to contact [redacted]. This goes through Central Coordination,” said the memo..“They have been advised of this process.”.NDP Ethics critic Meara Conway said the “muzzling memo raises serious questions about the Sask Party’s credibility when it comes to healthcare.”.“The Sask Party’s decision to centralize health regions has not improved our hospitals or made waits shorter,” said Conway..“If anything, we’ve seen repeated attempts by this current government to politicize healthcare decision-making and silence healthcare workers from speaking out.”.Starting in the fall of 2022, the Western Standard and other media outlets have been forced to go through “Central Coordination,” which is only the SHA Media Relations department..Before the fall of 2022, the Western Standard could contact a Saskatchewan hospital directly. Now, all requests get sent to “Central Coordination.” .A typical “Central Coordination” response is a cut and paste from the SHA website on something not remotely connected to the questions asked.
In a leaked hospital memo, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) told workers to ignore questions and not coordinate tours for politicians or political party members..“Please be advised that we are not to coordinate tours or answer questions about our facility to any political parties,” said the memo.. SHA Leaked Memo Feb 7 2023 .The Western Standard acquired a memo sent to the staff at the Lanigan Hospital Feb. 7 from the SHA..It is from the Health Services Manager, whose name is redacted..The subject line is “Hospital Tours/Interviews from political leaders.”.The memo specifically tells SHA staff to send requests to a redacted contact, referred to as “Central Coordination.”.“If any MLA’s or members of a political party request any information from Lanigan Integrated Hospital please direct them to the process implemented to contact [redacted]. This goes through Central Coordination,” said the memo..“They have been advised of this process.”.NDP Ethics critic Meara Conway said the “muzzling memo raises serious questions about the Sask Party’s credibility when it comes to healthcare.”.“The Sask Party’s decision to centralize health regions has not improved our hospitals or made waits shorter,” said Conway..“If anything, we’ve seen repeated attempts by this current government to politicize healthcare decision-making and silence healthcare workers from speaking out.”.Starting in the fall of 2022, the Western Standard and other media outlets have been forced to go through “Central Coordination,” which is only the SHA Media Relations department..Before the fall of 2022, the Western Standard could contact a Saskatchewan hospital directly. Now, all requests get sent to “Central Coordination.” .A typical “Central Coordination” response is a cut and paste from the SHA website on something not remotely connected to the questions asked.
