The views and numbers on surgery wait times are different, depending on which side of the Saskatchewan Legislature is speaking.
NDP opposition leader, Ryan Meili, says in less than 3 years the number of people waiting over 3 months for surgery has increased by 7-thousand people, which is over 5 times the number of people waiting in 2015.
He adds there are 45-hundred more people waiting more than 6 months compared to 2015 as well.
Premier Scott Moe countered that the province has invested heavily in health care and has introduced private surgery clinics to help with wait times.
He compared the recent wait times to the numbers when the NDP were in power, saying those waiting for surgeries more than 18 months is down 87 per cent and those waiting more than 3 months is down 41 per cent. (CKRM)