Manitoba health care

• Rural ER closures create domino effect of problems, Manitoba association says

  Ongoing staffing shortages at rural emergency rooms continue to create health-care problems for Manitobans, says the Manitoba Association of Healthcare Professionals.

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  Aug 2
  
• Manitoba funds 2 health-care programs with goal of improving staffing

  Manitoba is hoping to address staffing shortages in the health-care sector with more than $5 million in funding, split between two programs.

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  Jul 21
  
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• Manitoba pledges $3.4M to help train uncertified health-care aides

  The province estimates there are currently 850 uncertified health-care aides working in Manitoba.

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  Jul 19
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• Doctors Manitoba says province’s surgery backlog at 128K

  Doctors Manitoba says although COVID-19 cases and restrictions have eased, physicians are seeing patients facing longer and uncertain waits for surgery, often while enduring pain.

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  Jun 28
• Broken air-conditioning unit postpones surgeries at Victoria Hospital in Winnipeg

  The WRHA says six of 18 surgeries planned for Monday had to be postponed after an air conditioning unit at the health care facility broke down amid extreme Winnipeg heat.

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  Jun 20
• Nursing shortage leads to ‘open to emergencies only’ policy in northern Manitoba

  The Keewatinohk Inniniw Okimowin Council in northern Manitoba has declared a state of emergency on health services in the region due to a critical shortage of nursing staff.

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  May 26
• WRHA CEO says Winnipeg’s emergency department wait times are “concerning”

  A memo sent to staff in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Friday is outlining the dire situation in Winnipeg's urgent care and emergency departments.

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  Apr 25
• Manitoba announces new EMS stations in Crystal City, Portage la Prairie

  The province said on Monday it spent a combined $3.8 million on the new stations that will act as operational hubs for paramedics.

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  Mar 28
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• Elderly Winnipegger still hours away from family months after patient transfers

  The daughter of an elderly Winnipeg woman who was transferred to a hospital in western Manitoba two months ago said no one can say when her mother will be moved closer to home.

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  Mar 9
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• Modest improvements to Manitoba’s surgery, diagnostic backlog: task force

  The latest update from Manitoba's Diagnostic and Surgical Recovery Task Force shows modest improvements to the waitlist backlog that has ballooned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Mar 5