Saskatchewan to Send Patients to Alberta for Privatized Surgery; Won’t Pay for Travel

Saskatchewan to Send Patients to Alberta for Privatized Surgery; Won’t Pay for Travel
Paul Merriman, minister of health, speaks to media at the Legislative Building in Regina on Oct. 27, 2021. The Canadian Press/Michael Bell
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Saskatchewan plans to send people to Alberta to get privatized surgeries, but the cost of travel won’t be covered by the government.

Health Minister Paul Merriman said the Saskatchewan Party government will begin paying a Calgary clinic this fall to perform 20 knee and hip surgeries a month for those on the province’s surgical wait list.