Saskatchewan signs nearly $6-billion health-care deal with federal government

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This agreement provides Saskatchewan with a one-time $61-million investment to address urgent needs, especially in pediatric hospitals and emergency rooms

The province says the funding will be used to speed up or enhance new measures underway to improve access to primary health care, surgeries and mental health and addiction services.

Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the deal with Saskatchewan is an opportunity to continue collaboration and improve the experience of health workers and those they care for. Provincial Heath Minister Paul Merriman says it is a positive step and will help build a stronger, more resilientSaskatchewan is the eighth province to sign a deal with Ottawa on health-care funding, a first step to completing the $196-billion, 10-year health-care funding proposal that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made last month.

 

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Does anyone know of part of the deal was the implementation of Digital ID?

Probably need more then that just to fix mental health.

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