REGINA — The official opening of the Saskatchewan Legislature seemed to be upstaged Wednesday with news of more concerns on the health care front.

A letter signed by 450 frontline health-care workers was released this week, demanding action to address the health-care issues seen at emergency rooms across the province. This comes on the heels of recent reports of overcrowding in the hallways outside the emergency department at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon.

The letter, posted on social media by the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, was written by Sara Peters, clinical co-ordinator at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Adult Emergency Department, and addressed to Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill. It states the following:

“It is the consensus of the ED team that the previously discussed

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