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Running Out of Breath: Understanding Manitoba’s RT Staffing Crisis
Read Article: Running Out of Breath: Understanding Manitoba’s RT Staffing CrisisRespiratory therapists (RTs) are highly trained specialists who keep patients breathing when they can’t breathe on their own. With peak respiratory season already unfolding, RTs at Manitoba’s acute care sites are sounding the alarm about dangerously low staffing levels. In critical care, RTs assist with insertion of breathing tubes, initiate ventilators, manage airways during resuscitation,…
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Meet Kimberly: Laboratory Technician, Dynacare
Read Article: Meet Kimberly: Laboratory Technician, DynacareFor 23 years, Kimberly has worked as a Laboratory Technician, with nearly 20 years at Dynacare. Throughout that time, she has become a familiar, reassuring presence at the River East Laboratory and Health Services Centre (LHSC) – someone patients can count on for skill, compassion, and a little humour to ease their day. At the…
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Meet Shane: Intermediate Care Paramedic at Whitemouth EMS
Read Article: Meet Shane: Intermediate Care Paramedic at Whitemouth EMSFor the past 24 years, Shane has worked as a paramedic, caring for Manitobans on their worst days. His career started with the Winnipeg River District Ambulance Service, a volunteer-based Emergency Medical Response program. “It was a true volunteer service – we didn’t even get paid,” Shane says. Now, Shane is an Intermediate Care Paramedic…
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An ‘Alternative level of care’ will not solve the paramedic staffing crisis.
Read Article: An ‘Alternative level of care’ will not solve the paramedic staffing crisis.Manitoba’s rural communities deserve responsive, safe emergency medical services. This week, the Province announced financial support for students and in-community training programs to recruit Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) in rural Manitoba. While the announcement was framed as a way to increase ambulance coverage and shorten wait times, MAHCP is concerned about the level of care…
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Medical Radiation Technologists Week
Read Article: Medical Radiation Technologists WeekIf you have ever had an X-Ray, scan, MRI, mammogram, nuclear medicine test or radiation therapy, you have been in the care of a Medical Radiation Technologist (MRT). MRTs are highly-educated professionals who operate CT and PET scanners, MRIs, X-rays, and other diagnostic imaging technologies, and who also provide lifesaving radiation therapy to patients with…
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Meet Olena: Occupational Therapist, ADHD Service, Shared Health
Read Article: Meet Olena: Occupational Therapist, ADHD Service, Shared HealthFor the past three years, Olena has worked as an Occupational Therapist (OT) with Shared Health’s Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Service, supporting children and adolescents with ADHD and other neurodevelopmental or mental health disorders. Her work focuses on helping young people develop the skills and strategies they need to participate successfully in everyday activities,…
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Meet Sithara: Pharmacy Technician at HSC
Read Article: Meet Sithara: Pharmacy Technician at HSCFor Sithara, accuracy isn’t just part of the job — it’s kind of the whole point. As a Pharmacy Technician in the Adult Inpatient Pharmacy at Health Sciences Centre, Sithara plays a vital role in ensuring every patient’s medication history is complete, correct, and up to date. Sithara has worked in health care for 25…
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2025 AGM Recap
Read Article: 2025 AGM RecapMissed the AGM? Watch the livestream of the meeting or check out the highlights in our blog below! ON THIS PAGE: Honour Roll MAHCP at NUPGE Staff Recognition Executive Council Prize Draw Details Message from the President On behalf of MAHCP Council and staff, thank you to everyone who attended our Annual General Meeting. For…
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Meet Shevon: Sonographer, Brandon Regional Health Centre
Read Article: Meet Shevon: Sonographer, Brandon Regional Health CentreWith 24 years in health care (two as a medical laboratory technologist and 22 as a sonographer), Shevon brings experience, perspective, and teamwork to her role at the Brandon Regional Health Centre. Shevon became interested in a career in health care at a young age, when she was exposed to the reality that everyone needs…
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Meet Kim: Sonographer at St. Boniface Hospital
Read Article: Meet Kim: Sonographer at St. Boniface HospitalOver the past 16 years, Kim has worked as a general duty, senior, and charge sonographer. She began her career as a new graduate in Brandon before moving to St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, where she has spent the majority of her career. An Extension of the Radiologist Sonographers are on the frontline of imaging,…
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Meet Brandi: Senior Sonographer at Neepawa Health Centre
Read Article: Meet Brandi: Senior Sonographer at Neepawa Health CentreGrowing up in rural Manitoba, Brandi always knew she wanted to work in the medical field. Her interest was officially sparked during high school, when she job shadowed in the diagnostic imaging department at Neepawa Health Centre. “I loved the structured schedule and the variety in scans. It was a career I could really see…
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Meet Breanne, Charge Sonographer at St. Boniface Hospital
Read Article: Meet Breanne, Charge Sonographer at St. Boniface HospitalBreanne has worked in the Ultrasound Department at St. Boniface Hospital for more than a decade and employed in the health-care sector for over twenty years. As Charge Sonographer, she keeps her team safe, ensures the quality of their diagnostic scans, and makes patients the centre of everything they do. “I truly have the best…
