The Saskatoon Health Region was the largest health region in

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. Primarily based in the city of

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, the health region operated out of 75 facilities, including 10 hospitals, 29 long term care facilities, and numerous primary health care sites, public health centres, mental health and addictions centres, and community-based facilities. The health region was the largest employer in the province with a staff of over 13,500. As of December 4, 2017, it is considered defunct, as all health regions in Saskatchewan have been replaced by the

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Major referral hospitals

The city of Saskatoon has three major hospitals that serve the local community as well as being referral centers within the region and province: *

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* St. Paul's Hospital

Regional hospitals

The following regional hospitals are located in larger communities within the region: * Lanigan Hospital ( Lanigan) * Rosthern Hospital (

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) *

Humboldt District Hospital Humboldt District Hospital is a public hospital at 1210 9th Street North in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was originally called the St. Elizabeth's Hospital when it was established in 1911. The hospital is staffed by nine doctors and provides ...

( Humboldt) * Wadena Hospital ( Wadena) * Wakaw Hospital (

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) * Watrous Hospital ( Watrous) * Wynyard Hospital ( Wynyard)

Community Health Centres

* Borden Primary Health Centre ( Borden) * Delisle Primary Health Centre ( Delisle) * LeRoy Community Health & Social Centre (

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) * Nokomis Health Centre (

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) * Quill Lake Community Health & Social Centre ( Quill Lake) * Spalding Community Health Centre ( Spalding) * Strasbourg & District Health Centre (

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) * Watson Community Health Centre ( Watson) * Wynyard Community Health Centre ( Wynyard)

References

External links

Saskatoon Health Region
{{Authority control Former health regions of Saskatchewan Organizations based in Saskatoon