Manitoba Health

• Manitoba top doctor urges vaccination as flu and virus season nears

  Vaccine campaigns are expected to begin mid-October, but Manitoba's top doctor said not to delay receiving a shot.

  Canada

  Sep 20
  
• Manitoba NDP promise to speed up hiring process for international health workers

  NDP Leader Wab Kinew says if his party wins the Oct. 3 Manitoba election, his government would spend $1 million to help health-care professionals navigate registration.

  Politics

  Sep 15
  
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• Manitoba NDP emergency room plan just one piece of health-care puzzle, experts say

  Re-opening ERs is one way to start rebuilding the public's lost confidence in the system — but it's only one element of what needs to be done, health and politics experts say.

  Politics

  Aug 29
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• Manitoba better prepared for fall COVID-19 resurgence, microbiologist says

  Dr. Philippe Lagace-Wiens says cases of the new EG.5 subvariant of the virus are beginning to show up in the province, but most Manitobans have some degree of immunity.

  Health

  Aug 17
• Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus found in Manitoba

  Manitoba officials say West Nile virus-carrying mosquitoes don't usually arrive in the province this early in the season, but the warmer-than-usual weather may have played a part.

  Health

  Jun 30
• More than 300 Filipino health-care workers to fill Manitoba vacancies, province says

  Almost 90 per cent of the 348 candidates offered positions during Manitoba's recent recruitment mission to the Philippines have accepted the gig, the province says.

  Health

  Jun 27
• Whooping cough outbreak declared in Southern Manitoba

  Since January, 154 confirmed or probable cases of whooping cough have been reported within the province, with all but two coming from Southern Health.

  Health

  Jun 26
• Winnipeg’s Grace Hospital ward still lacks dedicated overnight doctor, staff say

  Emails obtained by 680 CJOB through an access to information request show the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority asked for help from the deputy minister of health in mid-November.

  Health

  Jun 15
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• Manitoba health care union issues strike notice

  The Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals has issued a two-week strike deadline for its members who have been without a contract for more than five years.

  Health

  Jun 1
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• Manitoba boosts health care access with more than 72,300 additional procedures

  'Our government is healing health care and focusing on increasing capacity in the public system right here in Manitoba,' said Health Minister Audrey Gordon.

  Health

  May 31