Manitoba Doctors

• Manitoba government targets hiring 100 new doctors within a year

  It's part of a larger plan to attract, hire and retain a total of 1,000 health care professionals in Manitoba.

  Politics

  Apr 11, 2024
  
• Panel of Manitoba doctors throw support behind New Democrats

  Doctors from the Health Sciences Centre and the University of Manitoba say they approve recent NDP campaign promises to recruit and retain workers.

  Politics

  Sep 27, 2023
  
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• Manitoba unprepared for influx of dementia patients, report says

  A new report says Manitoba is woefully unprepared to care for the expected influx of dementia patients as the population continues to age. 

  Health

  Oct 19, 2022
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• Doctors Manitoba renews call for immediate action as 110,000-surgery backlog confirmed

  Manitoba doctors are renewing their call for immediate action to address the backlog of surgeries over the pandemic as a new report brings them to light.

  Health

  Jul 8, 2021
• Manitoba doctors raise alarm about dangerous new COVID-19 variant

  A group of local doctors is raising alarm bells about a new variant of COVID-19 that could threaten Manitoba's plans — and maybe even nix plans to reopen schools in September.

  Health

  Jun 18, 2021
• Manitoba doctors plea for decisive action to reverse ‘catastrophe’ unfolding in health care

  Beyond COVID-19, 'cancers are progressing and are not being operated on; people who have aneurisms, the aneurisms are bursting at home and people are dying, Manitoba doctors say.

  Health

  May 25, 2021
• Manitoba government not collecting overpayments to doctors, auditor general says

  The report's recommendations include retrieving all overpayments, improving training of health department auditors, and conducting more reviews of payments to doctors.

  Health

  Jan 21, 2021
• Sick doctors urge Manitobans to take COVID-19 pandemic seriously

  A Manitoba doctor with COVID-19 -- likely contracted during face-to-face encounters with COVID-19-positive patients -- says the illness packs a punch.

  Health

  Nov 17, 2020
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• Winnipeg man asks Manitobans to bang on a pot to support docs Friday night

  The event, which has been dubbed Pots for Docs, is intended to show support for Manitoba doctors and health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  Nov 6, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Health minister’s comments ‘outrageous,’ says Winnipeg doctors

  A Winnipeg doctor is hitting back against the Manitoba health minister who questioned the motives of doctors who signed letters of concern about the COVID-19 crisis.

  Health

  Nov 4, 2020