NDP Senior Critic Keith Jorgenson

The Saskatchewan NDP is crisscrossing the province as part of a recent initiative called the Critical Condition Tour.

The opposition launched the tour amid increased reports of emergency room closures, overcrowding, and understaffing in rural and remote hospitals across Saskatchewan. For the rest of the summer, NDP Health Critic Keith Jorgenson will be traveling to 28 communities where the provincial government has vowed to implement virtual doctors in emergency rooms via webcams.

He admits that virtual care has a place in the healthcare system, but it is not in the emergency room. The first leg of his tour kicks off in Rosetown, Biggar, Kindersley and Kerrobert.

Other communities on the list include Arcola, Davidson, Hudson Bay, Leader, Maple Creek, Preeceville and Watrous.