08-12-2017 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com

Letter of the Day: Merging health regions will have problems

As we transition to one provincial Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) in December, health care workers are anxious about yet another health care experiment by this government.
The government claims merging 12 health regions into one will save $10 to $20 million in executive salaries and board expenses, a drop in the $4 billion health care budget. Now the new SHA CEO tells us the restructuring is not about saving money but allowing “patients to move seamlessly through the system.”
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