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MAHCP message to members affected by wildfires
Read Article: MAHCP message to members affected by wildfiresI wanted to take a moment today to send our members in Cranberry-Portage, The Pas, Flin Flon and surrounding areas a note on behalf of all MAHCP staff. We have seen the images coming out of your region. If you’ve been personally affected by this terrible wildfire, know that we have been thinking of you. We…
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2024 Allied Health Week: It’s time to implement tangible, meaningful changes for allied health in Manitoba
Read Article: 2024 Allied Health Week: It’s time to implement tangible, meaningful changes for allied health in ManitobaBy Jason Linklater, MAHCP President More than 8,000 allied health professionals work in our province’s public health-care system, and they’re essential to patient care. Manitoba has work to do to make sure they see our province as the best place to provide their specialized services. Allied health professionals are in hospitals, clinics, laboratories, long-term care…
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ALLIED HEALTH WEEK – A Message from MAHCP President Jason Linklater
Read Article: ALLIED HEALTH WEEK – A Message from MAHCP President Jason LinklaterAs a Manitoban, I am grateful for everything you do to support our well-being. This week, I want to recognize your commitment to patients, clients and residents. Thank you, on behalf of all MAHCP staff, for your specialized work at the very foundation of the health-care system. You are educated, knowledgeable, credible, reliable and trustworthy,…
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Practicing Self-compassion: Mental Health Week 2024
Read Article: Practicing Self-compassion: Mental Health Week 2024May 6 to 12 is CMHA National’s / ACSM National Mental Health Week, and this year’s theme is ‘A Call to be Kind’, focused on compassion and kindness — something allied health professionals practice every day. And that means work can take a toll. Have you heard of secondary trauma? What about vicarious trauma or…
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Statement from MAHCP President Jason Linklater on Budget 2024
Read Article: Statement from MAHCP President Jason Linklater on Budget 2024Budget 2024 acknowledges that allied health professionals can help provide high-quality care to more Manitobans, and to fix what’s broken in our system. Allied health professionals want to be there when they’re needed, to help move patients safely from hospital back to the community, freeing up beds and bringing down ER wait times. These initiatives…
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MEDIA ADVISORY – Budget 2024
Read Article: MEDIA ADVISORY – Budget 2024WHAT: On behalf of our 7,000+ highly specialized allied health members, Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP) President Jason Linklater will attend today’s provincial Budget 2024 introduction at the Legislative Building at 2:30 PM. Linklater will be available in the Rotunda immediately following the budget speech to share MAHCP’s perspectives on the proposed investments…
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HSC, Grace, Children’s Hospital MRI Wait Times Reach 30+ Weeks
Read Article: HSC, Grace, Children’s Hospital MRI Wait Times Reach 30+ WeeksToday, CAMRT-MB, the home for provincial association services for MRTs in Manitoba, issued a news release sounding the alarm on increasing MRI wait times in Manitoba. Read the media release.
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Statement from MAHCP President on HSC’s epilepsy monitoring unit
Read Article: Statement from MAHCP President on HSC’s epilepsy monitoring unitToday, Honourable Uzoma Asagwara, Minister of Health, Seniors and Long-term Care announced the addition of an adult epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) at HSC Winnipeg. The unit has four beds and is designed to be a place where patients who aren’t responding to medication can stay to see if other treatments can be explored, like surgery. In response…
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A LifeLine for Echocardiograms
Read Article: A LifeLine for EchocardiogramsStaffing crisis causing unacceptably long and stressful waits for patients Most patients, when told they will have to wait up to a year for a scan of the heart, are likely to be quite concerned, fearful and anxious. It’s not a surprise they would be prepared to flee the province for an echocardiogram and pay…
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Meet Aylin: Get to know our LRO’s
Read Article: Meet Aylin: Get to know our LRO’sYou never know which direction life might take you. Aylin (pronounced Ileen) was attending university enrolled in nursing, while at the same time, working part-time as a health care aide and in a call centre as a customer service agent. Then everything changed. “The call centre’s director of human resources approached me with an invitation…
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NUPGE letter marking the two-year anniversary of the Ukraine invasion
Read Article: NUPGE letter marking the two-year anniversary of the Ukraine invasionOn behalf of the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), which represents more than 425,000 workers across Canada, President Bert Blundon recently drafted a letter for The Honourable Mélanie Joly, PC, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and ongoing concerns in the country. “The destruction, death, and displacement…
