Saskatchewan Medical Association

A day worth celebrating!

Your mRNA vaccine questions answered. See this helpful video from Dr. Hassan Masri! Follow his page for more credible #covid_19 content.

Congratulations to Dr. Bhanu Prasad on this well-deserved honour!

Hang in there, Saskatchewan. You’ve got this. Read our open letter here: www.WeAreSickOfThisToo.ca

New guidelines in effect today Please be socially responsible. Educate yourself and others on current #COVID19 guidelines and do your part to keep your community safe. Thank you. Stay safe. Be kind. #wearamask #socialdistancingsaveslives #washyourhands #doyourpart @yxe.md @hassmaz @skgov @usask.smss @residentdoctorssk @usask @usaskmed @usaskfamilymed @usask.anesthesia @usask_studentservices

Thank you for all you have done and continue to do to keep each other safe. We know it’s hard. Happy Holidays from the president of the SMA and the over 3,000 physicians of Saskatchewan (This holiday greeting to the people of Sask. was printed in the Dec. 19 issue of the StarPhoenix and LeaderPost) #covid_19 @usask.smss @residentdoctorssk @usaskmed @cityofsaskatoon @tourism_regina @dtnyxe @saskfamilydocs

"This virus is spreading like wildfire. As healthcare workers, we are watching and we are scared...What happens when we have to choose who receives the last critical care bed? What makes one life more valuable than the next? ... We are tired. We are exhausted. We miss our families and desperately want normalcy back, but we need your help. This isn’t a government conspiracy. This isn’t a hoax. This is more than influenza. This is our plea. Help us." A powerful voice from a Saskatchewan ICU. Please follow public health guidelines and do your part to slow the spread of #COVID19. Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association, Government of Saskatchewan, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan - CPSS, Student Medical Society of Saskatchewan (SMSS), Resident Doctors of Saskatchewan

Enhanced guidelines were released yesterday by @skgov in an effort to curb the spread of #COVID19. Please take these seriously and help educate your friends and family on what is required based on current public health guidelines. Highlights: 1. Mandatory masking province-wide. 2. No gatherings of more than five people. Gathering with anyone outside your immediate household is strongly discouraged. 3. Work from home if you can.... Read more in the screenshots and at Saskatchewan.ca/COVID19 Thank you for doing your part to protect yourself, your loved ones and your community! Stay safe. See more

At the end of the course, the disease label means very little. The story is really all about who is this person? What and who do they love? What is most important to them? (https://bit.ly/35kut4V) As the director of Saskatoon’s palliative care program, Dr. Vivian Walker has hosted weddings, birthdays and even Sask. Roughrider parties on the palliative care unit where the team works to bring joy and meaning to patients' final days. Read more about her remarkable work and the collective effort that went into making the Saskatoon’s first residential #hospice a reality in the latest issue of SMA Digest: https://bit.ly/35kut4V St. Paul's Hospital Foundation - Saskatoon

"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." A unified group of Saskatchewan health organizations is calling for additional measures to combat COVID-19. Please see their op-ed at: https://www.sma.sk.ca//health-organizations-unite-in-call-

I guess that’s what brought me to the research area where I’m actually able to use my creativity to think laterally almost every day." (https://bit.ly/35iNeFF) Dr. Tarun Katapally, who practised emergency medicine for three years, says his lane change from clinician to researcher happened organically. Although he didn’t recognize it at the time, he sees now that he needed the creative space he didn’t find as a physician. Read more in the latest issue of SMA Digest: https://bit.ly/35iNeFF Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation University of Regina

Thank you to each and every one of these physicians for their leadership! We need stronger action to slow the spread of #COVID19. Please like and share to show your support. @Government of Saskatchewan @saskhealth