Positive health care changes are coming to Eston and the R.M. of Snipe Lake in the near future
Positive health care changes are coming to Eston and the R.M. of Snipe Lake in the near future.
R.M. Administrator Brian Shauf, who is the liaison between local government and the Saskatchewan Health Authority, announced recently that, starting in early September, there will be physician services three days a week at the medical clinic located in the Eston Health Center.
Shauf said that Dr. Olawale Franklin of Rosetown will be in Eston on Thursdays, and his associate Dr.Adeoluu-James will provide medical services on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Office hours will be 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the days the doctors are in Eston.
Appointments can be made by calling the local health centre; calls will be forwarded to the doctors’ office in Rosetown, or residents can call the Rosetown and District Primary Care Centre directly to book.
The local health committee and the SHA have worked for more than a year to achieve this outcome, Shauf said. “We are delighted to be able to announce regular and consistent physician services for our local area.”
He said that the town and district have been served by locum physicians for more than a year now. “These were good doctors who gave high-quality service,” he said, “ but with different doctors coming and going, there was no continuity of service which even the locums said we should have.
“I would like to thank the local SHA personnel for their efforts over the past 20 months in providing us with a consistent medical service by booking a series of highly trained locums while also working with us to provide consistent medical service.
He noted that Dr. Franklin has already held several clinics in Eston and said that “the local health committee looks forward to welcoming Dr. Adeolu-James to the community.”
A firm date has not been set yet for the three-day-a-week practice to commence in Eston, but Shauf said it will be in early September. He said the committee will host an informal event at a later date, so the community has an opportunity to welcome the two doctors.