WINNIPEG – A new program in Winnipeg will offer specialized research and treatment for kids who suffer concussions.
The Pan Am Concussion Program is to open this fall and is expected to see as many as 30 children and teenagers every week.
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It will be at the MTS Iceplex, a four-rink facility that hosts amateur games and tournaments as well as practices for the NHL Winnipeg Jets.
Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger said kids are active on the hockey rink, the football field and elsewhere, and that brings a risk of injury.
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The program is to be led by Dr. Michael Ellis, a neurosurgeon who recently worked at Toronto Western Hospital.
Organizers are promising innovative research into how concussions can be better diagnosed and managed.
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