Saskatchewan has made the top five in a list released Thursday of the 10 worst health care stories in Canada in 2024.

Think tank SecondStreet.org released the list after combing through news stories throughout the year, filing information requests with governments and talking with patients. The Saskatchewan story, in fifth place, features Cherise Trott of Yorkton who, since having an operation for a hiatal hernia and her gallbladder removed, has continued to suffer pain and inability to eat but was told it could be up to a year to see a gastroenterologist.

In a news release, Dom Lucyk with SecondStreet.org says, “There are lots of good people that work in health care in Canada, but too often patients are falling between the cracks.” He said they actually had trouble narrowing their list to 10.

The number one story was footage released of New Brunswick man dying after waiting seven hours unattended in emergency room.

SecondStreet.org President Colin Craig adds, “What we really need to see is for provinces to start copying policies that have worked well in European countries.”

Top 10 Worst Health Care Stories in 2024:

#10 – Scottish nurse moves to Ontario, held back from practicing due to red tape, opens dog daycare instead. How pawful! – click here

#9 – Hundreds of Calgary urology reports lost due to fax machine malfunctions – click here

#8 – Windsor Regional Hospital dumps $1 million on running failing Tim Hortons – click here

#7 – B.C. man told he’d be stuck in a wheelchair for life, travels for surgery instead  – click here

#6 – Manitoba woman lost leg due to 8-day wait to treat bedsores… after waiting 6 years for knee replacement ‒ click here

#5 – Sask. woman can barely eat due to painful stomach condition, faces year-long wait just to see a specialist – click here

#4 – As many as 15,000 emergency room deaths due to crowding  – click here

#3 – Taxpayers on the hook for man to travel to have fake vagina carved behind his penis, cancer patients who travel out of luck – click here

#2 – 115 Ontario patients die waiting for likely life-saving heart operations – click here

#1 – Footage released of New Brunswick man waiting dying after waiting 7 hours unattended in emergency room – click here