News release: SMA calls for immediate vaccination of all essential workers including physicians and health-care workers
Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) president Dr. Barb Konstantynowicz is gravely concerned that the government’s refusal to immediately vaccinate essential workers, including physicians and health-care workers who have not yet received their shots, will result in more lost lives and long-term illness due to COVID-19, and put non-COVID patients at even greater risk given delays in the services and care they need.
News release: Physicians of Saskatchewan call on provincial government to re-evaluate vaccine delivery plan
The provincial government’s Immunization Delivery Plan unveiled this week fails to give the protections all physicians and health-care workers need to care for their patients, whether they have COVID-19 or not, and does not provide reassurance to patients that the health-care system is safe, according to Dr. Barb Konstantynowicz, president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA).
News release: 25 Sask. health groups unite in online pandemic ad campaign targeted at young adults
More than two dozen Saskatchewan health-care organizations have joined forces in an online ad campaign that targets young adults and asks them to “hang in there” by following public health guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Indigenous wellness learning at USask supported by SMA committees, CMA
University of Saskatchewan (USask) fourth-year medical students will be able to take the national award-winning Indigenous wellness online course, The Role of Practitioners in Indigenous Wellness, at no cost with the generous support of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and two committees of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA).
SMA Op-Ed: Health organizations unite in call for additional COVID-19 measures
There is a proverb that speaks to looking at the past to understanding the future. It is proving to be very prescient during the COVID-19 pandemic. We don’t have to look too far back or too far away to know what is in store for us in Saskatchewan if our political leaders don’t take swift, decisive action to blunt the surge that is overwhelming our health care system and putting Saskatchewan citizens at risk.
Virtual fall Representative Assembly hears commitments of support for physicians during pandemic, need to tackle racism
Supporting physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic and addressing racism within the medical profession were two major themes explored by delegates to the Saskatchewan Medical Association’s 2020 Fall Representative Assembly (RA).
SMA, medical students applaud provincial health officials for mandatory masking decision
The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) commends provincial health officials for their decision to mandate the wearing of non-medical masks in Saskatchewan’s three largest cities.
News release: SMA presents second annual Leader of the Year awards to physician, resident, student
n recognition of integral role physicians play in the health system, the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) annually recognizes leaders in the medical community with three awards – one each for Physician, Resident and Student Leader of the Year.
News release: Regina pediatrician Dr. Biswa Datta receives SMA’s 2020 Physician of the Year Award during virtual annual meeting
Longtime pediatrician Dr. Biswa Datta of Regina is the recipient of the Saskatchewan Medical Association’s (SMA) 2020 Physician of the Year Award. The award was presented as part of the SMA’s virtual 2020 Fall Representative Assembly (RA) on Friday, Oct. 30. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fall RA was held via video conferencing rather than in-person, as is the tradition.
SMA Op-Ed: Next government must invest in rural primary care, mental health
By Dr. Barb Konstantynowicz: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in rural health care that the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) believes need to be addressed by the next provincial government following the Oct. 26 election. Physicians recognize the pandemic is unprecedented in its scale and its scope, but now is not the time to shy away from new ideas and strategies.