Patients at emergency departments and urgent care centres around Winnipeg are experiencing longer-than-usual wait times over the holiday season.

Protesters gathered outside Seven Oaks Hospital the day before the emergency room is scheduled to be converted to an urgent care center.

The ER at Seven Oaks Hospital will be converted to an Urgent Care centre this summer, instead of September as previously planned.

Some northeast Winnipeg residents are expressing their confusion regarding Concordia Hospital's ER shutting down as of Monday.

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is converting the ER at Concordia to a 24/7 urgent care centre as of June 3.

Political implications are being explored surrounding the changes being implemented at Concordia Hospital.

The first of many changes to Winnipeg's emergency room system is now just hours away. Misericordia Urgent Care closes Monday night. The ER at Victoria Hospital Tuesdsay morning.

A new provincial health organization that will be launched in 2018 was announced Wednesday afternoon. 

New hours for the Misericordia Urgent Care Centre will start on July 5 and see the hours it's open drastically cut.