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Meet Jasmine, RSW: Connecting with clients & caregivers during challenging times
A phone conversation with Jasmine M., Registered Social Worker with the WRHA’s Home Care Community Stroke Care Service, is inspiring. She’s full of life and brimming with energy, and you can tell immediately that she approaches her work with purpose and meaning. “I consider it a privilege to help clients and their caregivers adapt to…
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Meet Concordia Hospital Pharmacist Gurminder: Reading, researching, and writing ‘scrips
Gurminder T. was just 16 years old when his older sister married a pharmacist, and he says that set him down the path to a career in pharmacy. “I really admire my brother-in-law; he is a positive role model and I look up to him. I decided then that I wanted to emulate his strengths…
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Meet Sherry & HSC’s Child Life Services Team: Creating a sense of normalcy for kids in hospital
A hospital can be a scary, anxiety-producing place for adults, so imagine what it must be like for a child facing a medical emergency, serious illness or prolonged treatment. At Children’s Hospital in the Health Sciences Centre in downtown Winnipeg, Child Life Specialist Sherry T. and her colleagues deliver this psychosocial service to meet the…
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Meet Lisa: Manitoba’s one-of-a-kind Registered Dietitian
In an age of proliferating online wellness influencers, food prep tip and life coaches, Registered Dietitians are in a whole other category. Registered Dietitian Lisa W. says people still confuse her unique professional role with that of a menu planner. As Manitoba’s only Registered Dietitian specialized in pediatric nephrology (working with children affected by kidney…