According to Saskatchewan Secretary of Health Paul Merriman, this initiative aims to provide City of Bridges residents with alternative healthcare choices by relieving pressure on hospitals.

The future facility will provide an alternative for residents who need immediate care and is expected to ease the pressure on hospital emergency roomssaid Paul Merriman in a press release.

This emergency center project is the result of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Saskatchewan and the Ahtahkakoop Cree First Nation last October.

Saskatoon’s future emergency care center is one of two centers announced as part of the government’s $7.5 billion investment planremembers the press release.

The center is planned to occupy the current location of Pleasant Hill Elementary School in Saskatoon and will operate 24 hours a day.

But the province will ensure that the school is relocated and that the students develop in a good environment.

First and foremost we need to ensure that students are as undisturbed as possiblesaid Paul Merriman during a press conference.

You enter a new school built by the Department of Education in cooperation with the City of Saskatoon. That’s why we want to make sure there’s as little disruption as possible. As soon as we are able to move the students and settle them into these properties we will do sohe adds

According to Larry Ahenakew, Ahtahkakoop’s Chief First Nation, the emergency response center will also provide training, jobs and economic benefits to First Nations.

” We are committed to improving the health and well-being of our community. »

Ray Ahenakew, CEO of Ahtahkakoop Cree Developments, is pleased with the announcement, he says wait a long time.

I think we’ve been waiting a long time for this announcement. Also, I believe we can help a large number of First Nations here, as well as residents of Saskatoon and the province. It is therefore a global project that meets all health needshe says.

With information from Camille Cusset