Winnipeg Hospitals

• More than 1 in 4 patients leaving Winnipeg ERs without being seen: study

  Updated figures show high numbers of Winnipeg patients leaving emergency departments without being seen, as hospitals continue to report long wait times.

  Health

  Feb 19
  
• 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, 2023
  
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• Manitoba is the 6th province to sign deal with Ottawa on health-care funding

  Manitoba has signed an agreement in principle to invest $6.74 billion over 10 years in the province's healthcare system, it was announced Friday.

  Health

  Feb 24, 2023
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• Number of patients leaving Winnipeg ERs without being seen has tripled: Shared Health report

  At Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre, 9.4 per cent of people left the ER without being seen in 2018. Last year that number ballooned to an average of 26.5 per cent.

  Health

  Feb 22, 2023
• Overwhelmed Winnipeg emergency department leaves seriously sick, injured patients waiting for care

  The emergency department at the Health Sciences Centre this weekend dealt with significant demand from seriously sick and injured patients, according to Shared Health.

  Health

  Sep 13, 2022
• Paramedics being asked to work in understaffed Winnipeg emergency rooms: Shared Health

  Shared Health says this weekend marked the first time that paramedics were included in call-outs to address staffing shortages at the city's largest emergency room.

  Health

  Jun 27, 2022
• Manitoba Nurses Union sounds alarm over nursing position shortage

  Data shows Grace Hospital has a 28 per cent vacancy rate for nursing positions with the Health Sciences Centre sitting at 18 per cent.

  Health

  May 27, 2022
• Lanette Siragusa, Manitoba’s chief nursing officer, to leave Shared Health

  Global News has confirmed that Lanette Siragusa, the province's chief nursing officer, will be heading to a new position at the end of the month.

  Health

  Jan 5, 2022
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• COVID-19 visitor rules keep Winnipeg man away from family for most of his final hours

  Alfred Jobse, a cancer patient, collapsed at home last month. He was rushed to the hospital where he waited in an ambulance bay for more than two hours for a bed to open up.

  News

  Oct 19, 2021
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• Wait times force 1 in 4 patients to leave Winnipeg’s largest ER without seeing doctor: Shared Health

  If you need treatment at a Winnipeg hospital today, you'll be waiting longer than you would have a year ago, according to a new report from the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.

  Health

  Sep 24, 2021