Sask. NDP calls on province for immediate breast cancer plan [Video]

One day after the province announced updates to breast cancer treatment and screening, the NDP is calling on the province to provide an immediate plan for people who need care now.

During Wednesday’s legislative proceedings, NDP MLA and Health Critic Vicki Mowat said the challenges in breast cancer care have the same root cause as all other problems in health care.

“Saskatchewan people have zero faith in the Sask. Party’s ability to fix the system they broke,” NDP MLA and Health Critic Vicki Mowat said during legislative proceedings on Wednesday. “The Cancer Agency is doing 1,000 fewer scans today than it was before the pandemic.”

On Tuesday, the province introduced a plan to open doors to a new Breast Health Centre as well as an expansion of provincial breast cancer screening eligibility to include those aged 40-49, and the implementation of breast tumour localization technology.

The plan is expected to roll out over the next year, something …