Just as those who promote mental health in the community gear up for a full slate of Mental Health Week activities next week comes the welcome news of shovels in the ground at the site of the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford.
That bit of news has been awaited for decades, especially by those who have need for the hospital’s services and those who strive to meet those needs in a century-old facility.
MLA Herb Cox was crowing in the Legislature about the Sask. Party getting the job done while the NDP failed. That’s a bit of revisionist history, as replacement was always front and centre with the NDP back in the day when Len Taylor was minister of health, but has simmered on the Sask. Party’s back burner ever since they took power in 2007. Let’s give the Sask. Party no more credit than they are due for finally getting this project on track, while acknowledging the work of those who went before them.
