Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

• ‘Nightmarish mistake’: SCO calls for investigation into botched Winnipeg surgery

  The Southern Chiefs’ Organization is calling for an investigation into a botched amputation at Grace Hospital in which a man from Bloodvein First Nation had the wrong leg removed.

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  Nov 13, 2024
  
• Winnipeg couple told to remove security camera or risk losing home care

  The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority said it has an obligation to ensure that staff have working conditions that respect their rights to safety and privacy.

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  Jan 29, 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."

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  Jan 22, 2024
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• Patient death in Grace Hospital under investigation by Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

  Anyone can report a potential patient safety event if they see something concerning. The WRHA is investigating to determine if the patient's death is a critical incident.

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  Nov 22, 2023
• WRHA palliative home care on good path after failures, review recommendations: advocate

  More than eight months since Eric de Schepper's partner died of cancer, an external report into the WRHA's home care failures and ways forward is providing him validation.

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  Oct 25, 2023
• 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.

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  Jun 15, 2023
• Ride safely or don’t ride at all, Shared Health warns

  Since mid-March, Health Sciences Centre has treated 20 underage patients for injuries including fractures to the skull, spine, pelvis and jaw.

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  May 25, 2023
• WRHA launches more uncertified home care worker training to help close vacancy rate

  The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is launching more paid training to get hundreds of uncertified home care attendants in the field by summer.

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  Mar 13, 2023
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• Winnipeg man who says home care failed his dying wife plans to speak at Manitoba Legislature

  Eric de Schepper spoke out more than a week ago about the palliative home care he says failed his partner, Katherine Ellis, in her final days.

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  Feb 27, 2023
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• Winnipeg man says palliative home care failed his dying partner

  Katherine Ellis was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in the fall. In mid-January, she opted for palliative home care, her partner, Eric de Schepper, told Global News.

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  Feb 18, 2023