When video footage from Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital first appeared online in late September, it stunned people across the province.

The short clip, filmed Sept. 25 and published below, showed stretchers pressed against walls, nurses dodging rolling beds, and patients packed so tightly into corridors that there was barely room to pass.

Within days, it had been viewed more than 100,000 times, drawing outrage and disbelief.

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The Saskatchewan Health Authority quickly issued a statement saying the images reflected “an unprecedented level of demand” on emergency rooms. But for on

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