Member Statement (6 April 2021)

From Hansard (6 April 2021)

Recognition of Health Care Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

Mr. Jenson: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For one year our health care workers have been working hard to protect our communities from COVID-19. They worked long hours and have sacrificed so much to keep our loved ones safe.

Mr. Speaker, today our government would like to recognize the long-term care staff who have become surrogate families for our loved ones in care as they have celebrated birthdays and holidays with them in our absence, and have kept them safe and comfortable during this pandemic. We’d also like to thank the ICU workers and hospital staff who come face to face with COVID-19 every day and have worked tirelessly to keep their patients healthy. We thank the vaccination staff who are administering immunizations that will serve as the key to us being able to return to life as normal again.

And we have said many times in this House, we offer our thanks to Dr. Saqib Shahab who, with his compassion and professionalism, has navigated us through each stage of this pandemic. He is Saskatchewan’s doctor and has become a very important part of our history.

I now ask all members to join me in thanking our health care workers and Dr. Shahab for their efforts and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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