Wait for nursing home part of hospital congestion

The situation across the province:

Saskatoon Health Region:

• All three hospitals still very busy, but improved from most crowded time in early January.Health region spokeswoman Linda Walker said officials are monitoring the situation very closely.
• Royal University Hospital has 13 beds in use, beyond normal capacity and 11 patients waiting in the ER for beds.
• St. Paul's Hospital has 35 additional beds in operation and 7 patients waiting in the ER for beds.
• Region has 60 patients in acute care beds waiting for placement in Long Term Care or Home Care.

Cypress Health Region:

• No issues with capacity at regional or community hospitals, but more admissions than normal.

Prince Albert Parkland Health Region:

• Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert has been operating at or above capacity for the last 12 to 18 months.
• Not as severe as Saskatoon and Regina.
• Wait list for long-term care bed has had as many as 50 people on it.
• Officials say "finding an appropriate setting for patients is the biggest challenge" at this time.
• Health region also faced a respiratory illness in five facilities.

Heartland Health Region:

• Not experiencing pronounced overcrowding.

Kelsey Trail Health Region:

• No over capacity issues at acute care facilities, but long-term care facilities are at full capacity.

Prairie North Health Region:

• Some concerns of overcrowding for acute care beds in three regional hospitals, in North Battleford, Lloydminster and Meadow Lake.

Mamawetan Churchill River Health Region:

• Health region reports no problem with overcrowding in the region, running at about 45 to 50 percent capacity in their acute care facility in La Ronge.
• There is a wait list in the region for long-term care beds and people in acute care waiting for beds elsewhere.

Sun Country Health Region:

• Not reporting any pronounced capacity issues in hospitals and no bed shortages.
• Hospitals in Weyburn and Estevan running at approximately 60 to 65 percent of their capacity.
• Some patients in acute care are waiting for placement in long term care beds.

Five Hills Health Region:

• Union Hospital in Moose Jaw running at an average capacity of 74 percent.

Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region:

• Facing unprecedented overcrowding issues that have been more pronounced in recent months and weeks.
• Pasqua Hospital is reporting the highest occupancy peak at 126 percent on Jan. 9.
• General Hospital reached its peak on the same day, at 119 percent.

Information not immediately available from:

Keewatin Yatth Health Region:

• (Awaiting details.)

Sunrise Health Region:

• (Awaiting details.)