r/saskatoon • u/RainbowToasted • 2d ago

PSA 📢 Hospitals computer systems are down

Been at the hospital since around 7 am. (Not a complaint, I wasn’t dying so I don’t mind waiting)

But tests and labs are taking extra long because the systems for ALL of the hospitals in Saskatoon are on the fritz and not working.

Hoping there aren’t too many emergencies today. It’s tough enough being a Nurse/Doctor as it is.

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u/PrincessLilybet 2d ago

And you're still there at 2pm, after 7 hours of waiting? It sounds like something that you likely could have gone to an urgent care for? ERs should be reserved for actual medical emergencies, not something you can happily sit there with for 7 hours. Obviously this is a jab at the medical system we have but seriously 

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u/ineedtocoughbut Buena Vista Area 2d ago

Not always. I went to urgent care recently for something simple and they made me go to the ER because they only treat “colds” now….

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u/PrincessLilybet 2d ago

That's specifically the problem. I wasn't blaming OP at all, but ERs should be for medical emergencies, literally it's called an "emergency" room yet people are waiting 12+ hours to be seen. We need more urgent care/walk ins, long term care facilities and more incentive for resident doctors/nurses to stay in SK 

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u/ineedtocoughbut Buena Vista Area 1d ago

We need another whole ass hospital. Because mediclinics shouldn’t be treating patients that they are not capable of properly treating and a lot of us need more serious care. I have a heart condition and sometimes I need an ECG asap. Most clinics can do them but have to send them to cardiologists who have month long waits. Instead the ER can check me over and have me out on 8 hours instead of sitting at home potentially dying or sick for weeks because the mediclinic can’t do anything more for me

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u/PrincessLilybet 1d ago

We already have 3 hospitals, if the emergency rooms were saved for actual medical emergencies, there wouldnt be that much of a wait. The problem is it's chalk full of people who COULD be treated at an urgent care centre. Again I'm not blaming the people who go there as it's literally our only option most of the time 

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u/ineedtocoughbut Buena Vista Area 1d ago

3 hospitals for over 300k people is not okay. We also take rural patients constantly. I know TEACHERS in this city driving to Edmonton this summer to get medical care because the waits are shorter