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June 2016 Kelsey Trail Health Region
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Long Service .............................. 2
New Physician ........................... 3
Dr. Bala ...................................... 5
Clinic Tender Awarded ............. 6
Kelvington move ....................... 7
Physician Farewells………………..9
KTHR Pulse
The province recently launched the new SaskAlert mobile app and website
to connect residents across the province with the information they need
when an emergency strikes.
All residents are encouraged to download the SaskAlert app to receive real
-time information about emergencies as they unfold. Once the SaskAlert
app is installed, iPhone and android smartphone users will be alerted to
emergencies via a tone and notification on the home screen – even when
the app is closed. This way the app will put crucial emergency information
directly into residents’ hands.
Residents can opt to receive emergency alerts for the entire province, for a
particular community – including urban and rural municipalities and
First Nations – or for multiple communities. They can also choose to
receive alerts for nearby areas when they are travelling in the province.
SaskAlert.ca is another tool where residents can access detailed
information on emergencies as they progress. SaskAlert.ca will house all
information on current emergencies, and is a vital resource for helping
residents protect themselves.
SaskAlert, the Government of Saskatchewan’s emergency public alerting
program, also informs residents through any media outlets licensed to
broadcast in Saskatchewan. (continued on page 11)
NEW PUBLIC EMERGENCY ALERTING APP
KTHR RECOGNIZES LONG SERVICE
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Kelsey Trail Health Region hosted the 13th annual Long Service
Recognition & Appreciation event at the Tisdale RECplex on Thursday,
April 28th. This annual event provides an opportunity to recognize and
thank physicians, senior leaders, managers, staff and retirees for their
dedicated service to the organization and the residents of KTHR.
The lone recipient of a 45 year service recognition award was Ruth
Keeping of Nipawin. Ruth received a Diploma of Nursing from the
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Arts and Science in 1969. After
marrying local farmer Tom Keeping, the couple moved to the Garrick
area. Her first nursing job was in Flin Flon where her husband went for
winter employment. Ruth was hired at the Nipawin Hospital in May of
1970. She has worked in all areas of rural acute care nursing with many
years of obstetrical, pediatric and emergency room experience. In
addition, she has worked in outposts and small hospitals in northern
Saskatchewan and BC. Ruth is a knowledgeable and energetic nurse who
is kind and friendly. She is very flexible and accommodating and never
shies away from a challenge or adventure. Ruth has served on nursing
committees and acted as a preceptor for nursing students and nurses in
the re-entry program over the years. She retired from full time nursing
in 2008 but continues to work on a casual basis. Ruth has two sons and
is an active grandmother of three grandchildren. She enjoys family,
travel and making friends wherever she goes. Ruth is warm and kind
hearted never missing an opportunity to help a friend or community
member in need.
“In your jobs, you are in contact with people at many different moments
throughout their lifetime. You share their joy in the birth of a newborn,
provide services to children as they grow, advise and support parents
through their journey, help navigate the elements associated with aging
and, finally offer comfort and support at end of life. Throughout all of
these moments, your work has left an impression on the people whose
lives you have come into contact with,” stated KTHR CEO Shane
Merriman.
“The work you do is not easy. It is demanding, challenging, and can be
emotionally exhausting but it also comes with great reward. And the
rewards of your job are often shared by the colleagues who stand beside
you as well as those that are plugging away in the background.
Collectively, in this room tonight we are honouring 3,930 years of
service,” he continued. “The loyalty and reliability and passion and
dedication that sits before me in this room tonight is Kelsey Trail’s most
prized possession. Thank you for bringing that to the patients, clients
and residents we serve every day.”
KTHR employees receiving recognition for completing 10 years of
service included: Donna Bay, Norma Pedersen, Peter Froese, Lionel
Sturby, Patricia Miazga, Donna Sauter, Brigitte Stewart, Lee Ann Fan-
non, Tina Moorman, Michelle St Denis, Jennifer Hue, Leanne Shoe-
maker, Melissa Haas, Wendy Fortin, David Little, Kimberly Huls,
Christina Riemer, Carmen Derenowski, Leslie Williams, Laureen Pratt,
Rochelle Bradshaw, Rae Lynn Teale, Yong Toy, Monique Christianson,
Kyla Fountain, Rachelle Grona, Christine Nashacapporoper, Amanda
Strnad, Lorette Atkinson, Melanie Yaremy, Kristen Torrance, Angela
Andrus, Jessica Chorney, Charidy Torgerson, Heather Turcotte,
Elenore Prekaski, Alison Amundrud and Peggy Ratcliffe.
KTHR employees receiving recognition for completing 15 years of ser-
vice included: Audrey Flett, Julia Peters, Lyle Perkins, Carla Palaniuk,
Carrie Balaski, Emagine Gaudry, Janice Hall, Leanne Rogalski, Patty
Hennings, Sharon Ellis, Rosemary Laxdal, Ruby Mills, Terry
Thibodeau, Deena Sawatzky, Sheryn Peterson, Sherrie Glister, Chris-
tine Roenspies, Shilo Wilson, Stacey Meyers, Rhonda Rustad, Tracy
Hughes, Sandra Wittig, Kathryn Carswell, Michelle Sprackman, Sheryl
Shiplack, Sharon Eiteneier, Kathleen Allen, Violeta Camdzic, Leonila
Larson, Jane Quennelle, Deneen Stuefloten, Denise Thibault, Janet
Hunter, Cindy Trites, Karen Trites, Christine Trombley, Joann Ed-
wards, Lavinia Campbell, Kara Vaughan, Sherry Dahl, Mary Gessner,
Sandi Trombley, Oralee Adames, Janice Kroeker, Betty Rudachyk, Judy
MacDonald, Carmen Mackie and Diane Ralph.
KTHR employees receiving recognition for completing 20 years of ser-
vice included: Jodie Scutchings, Shelley Tait, Howard Earnshaw, Arlene
Chabot, Vicky O’Neil, Marlene Shirley, Sheila Lokken, Trina Gurbach,
Ruth Warkentin, Marybeth Wilkinson, Sandra Diamond, Candace Rog-
ers, Laurie Yelland, Kathleen Meyer, Tracy Farber, Nadine Mevel-
Degerness, Brenda Leek, Debbie Virog, Charmaine Hanson, Bonnie
Henderson, Margaret Nontell, Carrie Bischoff, Florence Lalonde, Carol
Forget and Shane Merriman.
KTHR employees receiving recognition for completing 25 years of ser-
vice included: Jody Haller, Jeanette McKee, Debra Lacheur, Robin Sun-
delin, Roxane Bonsan, Donna Hainstock, Charmaine Brown, Sharyl
Adlem, Betty Quintaine, Louise Nalepa, Glenda McDougall, Margaret
Bradley, Denise Runn, Sandra Hayes, Roxanne Daoust, Cathy Vhal,
Joanne Victor, Constance Baraniski, Beverly Collins, Margaret Froese,
Linda McDermott, Cindy Parker, Deborah Runn, Sandra Smallboy,
Deborah Atkings, Christine Dierker, Debora Hemsley, Ann Marie Ruth-
erford, Kathy Oar, Charlaine Prince, Colette Nicholson, Shelly Parcho-
ma and Judi Vanmeter.
(continued on page 10)
NEW PHYSICIAN
IN HUDSON BAY
Dr. Saheed Adekunle
Gbamgbola began providing
physician services from the
Hudson Bay Primary Health
Care Clinic on June 13, 2016.
Dr. Saheed comes to Hudson
Bay from Ibadan, Nigeria. He
received his Family Medicine
training at the University of
Ibadan, College of Medicine and
did his post graduate
(internship) training at the
University College Hospital
(UCH), Ibadan. He has also
obtained his Advanced Cardiac
Life Support and Basic Life
Support training with the Heart
and Stroke Foundation.
Kelsey Trail Health Region
would like to encourage the
community of Hudson Bay to
extend a warm welcome to Dr.
Saheed, his wife Asanat
Gbamgbola, his son Hannan
and his daughter Azeemah
Gbamgbola.
Dr. Saheed is accepting new
patients.
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KTHR RECOGNIZES LONG SERVICE
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KTHR RECOGNIZES LONG SERVICE
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Kelsey Trail Health Region lost a long serving family physician and surgeon with the p a s s i n g o f D r . K a n a p a t h i p p i l l a i Balakrishnan of Nipawin on Monday, April 18th in Saskatoon. He was 68 years old.
Dr. Bala would have celebrated his 28th year of providing family
medicine/surgical services in Nipawin this summer. Earlier this year, he had decided to start slowing down in his career and gave up his surgical privileges.
Bala was born and raised in Puloly, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He earned his medical degree at Peradeniya University in Kandy, Sri Lanka and pursued further training in Urology in the United Kingdom, obtaining his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) London.
Bala’s career took him from Sri Lanka to Saudi Arabia, where he was appointed Urologist and Head of the Department of Urology at King Faisal Hospital. From there, he headed to Saskatchewan to pursue his medical career., stopping briefing in Watrous before settling in Nipawin. He was the last of the old guard among the physicians in Nipawin.
A highly competent, capable and experienced medical practitioner, Bala was highly respected by the Kelsey Trail Regional Health Authority board and administration, his physician colleagues in Nipawin and throughout the region, the Nipawin staff and the community at large. He was very popular and had a very good relationship with nursing and other staff. “He is a charming chap with the highest professional standards and is utterly reliable and trustworthy,” Dr. Ian Hunter-Craig, New East Surrey Hospital (where Bala pursued his post fellowship surgical training) wrote in a letter of recommendation.
Dr. Bala was a mainstay among the Nipawin physicians that visited Cumberland House, providing healthcare services to that community for many years. He has also been the long-time host of Bala’s Best Ball, an annual golf tournament for all staff held in Nipawin every summer that he started in the late 90s. Following the devastating tsunami that devastated the east coast of his home country in December 2004, Bala and his wife, in partnership with the Venice House in Nipawin, hosted a fundraising pizza buffet with all proceeds going to the tsunami victims in his home country.
Dr. Bala was a talented, caring surgeon and physician, and a supportive and reliable colleague who has left a lasting impression and a permanent legacy on the community of Nipawin and beyond. He was also a devoted and loving husband and father whose presence will be greatly missed by his family—his wife Mathi, and daughters, Lakshmi (Kyler) and Divya. A memorial for Dr. Bala was held on Saturday, April 23rd at the Nipawin Evergreen Centre.
KTHR LOSES LONG-TIME PHYSICIAN
NIPAWIN CLINIC TENDER AWARDED
Kelsey Trail Health Region is pleased to announce the project tender for the construction of the new Nipawin medical clinic has been awarded. Dunmac General Contractors Ltd. of Saskatoon has been awarded the project tender. RBM Architecture/P3Architecture of Saskatoon is the project architect. Br ian H arasy mu k, KTHR Director Support Services will be the project manager. Last year, the Ministry of Health provided Kelsey Trail Health Region with official approval to proceed with planning for the construction of a new region-owned clinic in Nipawin. In early August, physicians from Twin Lakes merged their services with the Nipawin Medical Group, relocating to the Nipawin Medical Group offices. The two physician groups officially amalgamated in January under the name of the Nipawin Medi-Clinic. The Town of Nipawin took over the administration of the Twin Lakes Wellness Centre following the retirement of previous clinic owner Dr. Patricia Chernesky last
year and helped maintain health care services in that location until those physicians joined the Nipawin Medical Group in August. The NRHF is providing financial support to the new clinic through the purchase of necessary equipment and furnishings. The physicians have set the stage for improved patient care co-locating all of their services and will also assume responsibility for day-to-day operation of the new clinic once it opens. Construction began Monday, May 9th and is expected to be completed by February 2017. “During the construction period, there will be some disruptions to parking for Nipawin Hospital physicians and staff,” stated KTHR CEO Shane Merriman. “We are pleased to be able to continue accommodating patient, client and visitor parking in the existing parking lot in front of Nipawin Hospital. We are asking for everyone’s ongoing patience and understanding as the project p r o g r e s s e s t h r o u g h t o completion.”
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(L-R) Lewis Robin, Executive
Director of the Nipawin Region
Health Foundation; Dr. Olukayode
Olutunfese; Dave Trann, Mayor of
Nipawin; Shane Merriman, KTHR
CEO; Dr. Bronwyn Carroll; Rennie
Harper, KTRHA Chairperson; Dr.
Melissa Fillis; Dr. Onose Lawani;
and Dr Neville Van der Merwe are
pictured in front of the
construction site for the new
medical clinic being built in
Nipawin
It was all hands on deck May 30th and 31st as the Kelvington Hospital
acute and emergency care, lab and diagnostic imaging, primary health
care clinic, home care, therapies and public health made the move to the
new Kelvington & Area Hospital. Everyone from frontline staff to
managers, directors and VP’s came together to complete the move over
two days and the building was up, functioning and open to the public by
Wednesday, June 1st.
Earlier in the month, long term care residents from the east wing of
Kelvindell Lodge also completed a move, relocating to the newly
renovated south wing to allow renovations to begin in the east wing.
Kelvindell Lodge staff relied on the help of staff, family and friends to
complete the move by noon on Thursday, May 26th.
On Friday, June 17th, newly elected Kelvington-Wadena MLA and
former MLA June Draude joined Facility Administrator Karri Franklin,
Nurse Manager Tanya Neiszner, members of the KTHR Executive Team,
Regional Health Authority and Kelvington Steering Committee for a
tour of the new facility and renovated south wing of Kelvindell Lodge.
STAFF,PATIENTS MOVE INTO NEW
KELVINGTON & AREA HOSPITAL
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(Top, Middle) Karri Franklin, Kelvington & Area
Hospital and Kelvindell Lodge Facility Administra-
tor, and Nurse Manager Tanya Neiszner (bottom,
middle) led a tour of the new Kelvington & Area
Hospital and the renovated south wing of the
Kelvindell Lodge for newly elected Kelvington-
Wadena MLA Hugh Nerlien and former MLA June
Draude on June 17th.
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KTHR SAYING GOODBYE TO PHYSICIANS
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KTHR is saying goodbye to several
physicians this summer.
Dr. Pieter Maree retired from the
Hudson Bay Primary Health Care
Clinic on June 3rd after almost 13
years of practicing medicine. Dr.
Maree joined the medical staff at
Hudson Bay in September 2003.
He is originally from Pretoria,
South Africa and completed his
medical degree at the University of
Pretoria in 1999. Dr. Maree
completed a post-graduate
internship at Livingstone Hospital
in 2000 and served as Resident
Medical Officer at various private
hospitals in the UK between
January 2002 and January 2003.
Prior to his arrival in Hudson Bay,
he was employed as the Senior
House Officer in the Critical Care
Unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK. His
retirement plans include spending
more time with his wife and
tending to his sheep & bee farm
full-time however, he will be
maintaining his license and work
as a locum on occasion.
Dr. Richard Van der Ross of the
Family Physicians Group will be
leaving Melfort in July after 12
years of providing family physician
services in that community and the
James Smith First Nation. Dr. Van
der Ross arrived in Melfort in
October 2004. Originally from
Cape Town, South Africa, he
received his Family Medicine
training at the Stellenbosch
University in Stellenbosch, South
Africa and completed his
internship training at Windhoek,
Namibia. He completed his GP
Anesthesia training in 2012 at the
University of Saskatchewan in
Saskatoon. He is also the founder
and a director of the Melfort Multi-
K.. Dr. Van der Ross and his
family will be relocating to
Kelowna, B.C.
Dr. Julianna van Jaarsveld of
Tisdale will also be leaving in July.
Dr. van Jaarsveld has provided
family physician services in Tisdale
since May of 2010. Originally from
Nelspruit in South Africa, she
received her Family Medicine
training at the University of the
Free State in Bloemfontein and did
her internship training in the
Bloemfontein Hospital Complex.
Dr. van Jaarsveld and her family
will be returning to South Africa.
Dr. Dale Peffer will be leaving the
Nipawin Medi-Clinic in July and
relocating to Saskatoon to join his
family. Dr. Peffer began
providing family medicine services
out of the Nipawin Health Centre
in April of 2012. Dr. Peffer came
to Nipawin from Uitenhage in
South Africa. He received his
Family Medicine training at the
University of Cape Town and did
his internship training in the
Livingstone Hospital in Port
Elizabeth.
Kelsey Trail Health Region would
like to wish all four physicians best
wishes in their future endeavours.
Thank you for your dedicated
service to the residents of Kelsey
Trail!
Dr. Pieter Maree
Dr. Richard Van der Ross
Dr. Julianna van Jaarsveld
Dr. Dale Peffer
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KTHR RECOGNIZES LONG SERVICE
(continued from page 3)
One week after receiving her 25 year service award, Jody Haller of
Tisdale was killed in a tragic accident on the family farm. Kelsey Trail
Health Region board members, physicians, administration and staff
would like to extend sincere sympathy to the Haller family on their loss.
Jody worked at Tisdale Hospital and she will be missed by many.
KTHR employees receiving recognition for completing 30 years of
service included: Charleen Kolodinsky, Sandra Siddons, Kathleen
Perron, Donna Bishko, Veronica Shoemaker, Ella Nelson, Melanie
Fidyk, Jean Senecal, Elaine Halvorsen, Andrea Staples, Carol Cooper,
Teresa Sauer, Jacquelin Mackintosh, Bonnie Hampton, Shirley Zeller,
Tammy Aasen, Brenda Hauck, Judy Patenaude, Kathy Ross, Joann
Nontell, Jeanine Hall, Collette Hrenkiw, Agi Magis, Edith Nagy, Peggy
Becker and Colleen Naber.
KTHR employees receiving recognition for completing 35 years of
service included: Donna Mochoruk, Debora Ernst, Connie Kelsey,
Andrea Davis, Linda Brothwell, Judy Barker, Shirley Drebit, Lorna
Townsend, Marlene Wilson, Lana McFarlane, Marilyn Petterson,
Darlene Fredin, Etta Taylor, Dolores Gooliaff and Valerie Warriner.
KTHR employees receiving recognition for completing 40 years of
service included: Louise Verklan, Dale Patterson, Lynda Braaten and
Glenna Wark.
Retired KTHR employees that were recognized for their service to the
organization included: Lorraine Althouse, Charlott Bagnall, Wendy
Banadyga, Dorothy Bergren, Charmaine Brown, Lindsey Bruce, Keith
Butler, Marilyn Carleton, Marie Conkie, Margaret Cunningham, Isabelle
Curry, Leslee Dahl, Allan Dahl, Sandra Delwisch, Gail Denys, Darlene
Edstrom, Cheryl Ens, Norma Flodell, Carmel Fountain, Geraldine
Fountain, Judy Francoeur, Miriam Gabrysh, Elizabeth Gray, Lorne
Hanson, Joan Hermus, Darlene Hudak, Shirley Hunt, Hazel Kinaschuk,
Debra Lacheur, Florence Lalonde, Diana Lanning, Jean Larrivee, Shelly
Le Franc, Patricia Leray, Irene Lowe, Josephine McHenry, Allison
Miller, Jim Morrison, Penny Murray, Edith Nagy, Margaret Nontell,
Kathleen Perron, Diane Porter, Janet Quaroni, Betty Quintaine, Ron
Remus, Shelley Rutherford, Celia Schreiner, Emily Seck, Zana Skinner,
Gilbert Spanier, Patricia Streeton, Cynthia Strukoff, Sharon Syrenne,
Etta Taylor, Valerie Therres, Joanne Thorson, Judy Toth, Lila Vedress,
Lousie Verklan, Ruth Von Bieker, Glenna Wark, Judy Wells, Marybeth
Wilkinson, Bernadine Wilkinson, Wendy Yelland, Shirley Zeller and
Marlene Zolkavich.
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SaskAlert App launched
(continued from page 1)
Emergency alerts may be issued for emergencies such as train derail-
ments, tornadoes, plow winds, blizzards, wildfires, hazardous material
spills, boil water advisories, road closures, evacuations or local emer-
gency declarations. Alerts are only issued for emergencies that could
harm people or damage property.
Close to one-third of communities in the province have already signed
up to use SaskAlert to issue emergency alerts on behalf of their resi-
dents. The Government of Saskatchewan invites all communities to
participate in this free and vital service. Provincial ministries, Crowns
and Agencies as well as Environment Canada may also issue emergen-
cy alerts. SaskAlert is Saskatchewan’s contribution to a national emer-
gency public alerting system.
KTHR AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS
The Kelsey Trail Regional Health Authority is pleased to announce the
names of the recipients of the 2015 Kelsey Trail Health Region Scholarship
program.
Janet Schmitt of Carrot River and Brenda Belliveau of Nipawin were
each awarded a $1000 scholarship through the Kelsey Trail Health Region
Aboriginal Scholarship program. Schmitt is enrolled in the two year
Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) program at Dumont Technical Institute
in Saskatoon. She hopes to obtain employment with KTHR upon successful
completion of her post-secondary education. Belliveau is in the Medical
Device Reprocessing Technician (MDRT) program through the
Saskatchewan Polytechnic Regina Campus. She is currently employed in
the Central Sterilization Department (CSD) in Nipawin and Melfort.
Amber Tyacke of Melfort and Rachelle Chubak of Star City were each
awarded a $1000 through the Kelsey Trail Health Region General
Scholarship program. Tyacke is a first year student in the Continuing Care
Assistant (CCA) program at Cumberland College in Melfort. She currently
works as a CCA and in Recreation at Chateau Providence at St. Brieux.
Chubak is enrolled in her fourth year of the Saskatchewan Collaborative
Bachelor of Science Nursing program through the University of Regina/
Saskatchewan Polytechnic – Saskatoon. She works casually as a CCA at
Newmarket Place in Tisdale.
The purpose of the annual scholarship program offered by KTHR is to
encourage individuals to enter into educational programs which will help
them gain health care employment opportunities. On behalf of KTHR, CEO
Shane Merriman extended sincere congratulations to all four deserving
scholarship recipients.
Kelsey Trail Health Region
901—108th Avenue
Box 1780
Tisdale, SK
S0E 1T0
Phone: 306-873-6600
Fax: 306-873-2372
www.kelseytrailhealth.ca
Saskatchewan residents are advised to take steps to lower their chance of
contracting West Nile virus infection this summer. Typically, the Culex
tarsalis mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus are active from mid-July to
the end of August. The level of risk depends largely on the weather.
Most people who get infected with West Nile virus will experience no
symptoms, or only mild ones like fever, headaches and body aches.
However, there is a small chance of developing a more serious illness, West
Nile virus neuroinvasive disease. This can lead to inflammation of the brain
and even death.
“If you’re bitten by a mosquito with West Nile virus, you’ll likely experience
no symptoms or mild illness that resolves on its own,” Saskatchewan’s
Deputy Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Denise Werker said. “However,
there is still a small risk of serious neurological illness. That’s why you
should seek medical help immediately if you develop serious symptoms like
a persistent fever, confusion, neck stiffness, or an unusually severe
headache.”
Since 2003, there have been 157 severe neurological cases and 17 deaths in
Saskatchewan.
Minimize your exposure to mosquito bites:
•Use appropriate insect repellent when outdoors;
•Cover up. Wear light coloured, loose fitting, long-sleeved tops and
long pants when outdoors; and
•Reduce the amount of time spent outdoors between dusk and
dawn. The peak mosquito hours are around dusk and dawn, but
Culex mosquitoes will also bite during the night.
Reduce mosquito habitats:
•Culex mosquitoes lay their eggs on standing water. Even small
amounts of water, allowed to stand for a week or more, may
produce adult mosquitoes;
•Regularly clean and empty containers that can collect water such
as bird baths and eavestroughs;
•Clear yards of old tires and other items that can collect water;
•Ensure rain barrels are covered with mosquito screening or are
tightly sealed around the downspout; and
•Maintain door and window screens so they fit tightly and are free
of holes.
More information about West Nile Virus, including surveillance reports
updated weekly, can be found at www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/health/
diseases-and-conditions/west-nile-virus.
TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST
WEST NILE VIRUS THIS SUMMER