Manitoba Health Care

• Manitoba announces more spaces for physician training in western region

  Premier Wab Kinew says doctors trained in rural areas are more likely to stay and work there, so the new seats will help boost health care in the region.

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  Jul 16
  
• Manitoba welcomes cutting-edge surgical robot

  A new $3.5 million surgical robot has arrived at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre, promising precision and faster recovery for patients.

  Apr 28
  
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• Family of Manitoba grandmother who died on surgery waiting list backs proposed law

  The family of a Manitoba grandmother who died while waiting for heart surgery says it hopes a proposed law could help prevent other families from going through the same heartbreak.

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  Mar 12
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• ‘Unacceptable’: Manitoba woman waits 8 years for scoliosis surgery

  Kim Hughes-Tardiff says she can't work or travel and lives in chronic pain because of her scoliosis. She's been on a wait-list for surgery since 2017.

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  Mar 12
• Wage increases, staffing levels drive up health costs, Manitoba report says

  The audit, by consulting firm Deloitte, was launched last year after the NDP government saw expenses rise sharply in some areas of health care.

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  Feb 5
• Residents, politicians call for MRI scanner at new Portage la Prairie hospital

  The absence of an MRI scanner in the new hospital has been the subject of a petition signed by thousands.

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  Oct 4, 2024
• Manitoba NDP government, PCs finger-pointing over health-care worker recruitment program

  The Manitoba NDP government and the opposition Progressive Conservatives are pointing the finger at each other over the recruitment of nurses from overseas.

  Health

  Mar 14, 2024
• Shared Health appoints Manitoba’s first provincial chief medical officer

  Dr. Jose Fancois has been named Manitoba's first provincial chief medical officer, Shared Health announced on Tuesday.

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  Mar 12, 2024
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• Kinew, Trudeau announce $633M in health funding for Manitoba

  The Manitoba government's focus on health care is getting a $633 million boost from Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew announced Thursday.

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  Feb 15, 2024
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• Home care attendants needed in Manitoba, WRHA recruiting workers with free program

  "January of last year, our home care visits were around 385,000. In December, we were at 416,000 a month. So that's just in a year we've increased by that much."

  Health

  Jan 22, 2024