The mayor of Foam Lake says many issues that excited before that pandemic have been made even worse in recent months amid staff shortages.
offers doctor and clinical services with nurse practitioners filling in many of the gaps. There are also lab services where x-rays and bloodwork can be done. For an ER, citizens have to travel 49 kilometres to Wynyard or Wadena, and if those ERs are closed — as they have been recently due to staff shortages — then they have to travel 92 kilometres to Yorkton.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.
These issues are not new, but like elsewhere the pandemic has made everything worse and the grinding attrition caused by packed ERs, staff shortages, retirement and burnout leaves the small community in a bit of a lurch.Article content
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