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May 8, 2024

Meet Music Therapist Lacey Friesen: She doesn’t sing ALL day—oh wait, yes she does!

“Every day in the hospital I am reminded of the healing power of music and the way it is able to break down barriers with…
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May 7, 2024

Meet Maddy Goodwin: Supporting Clients in HSC’s Central Dialysis Unit

Madeleine (Maddy) Goodwin started out as a marketing and communications associate with an agricultural association after completing a degree in International Development Studies in 2015.…
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April 17, 2024

Meet Andrew Sonnasinh, OT: Supporting Client Quality of Life

When you meet Andrew Sonnasinh in person, it’s easy to imagine how he ended up a health-care professional. Kind, gentle, well-spoken and compassionate, Andrew is…
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April 4, 2024

Back to bargaining basics

It’s union terminology time! March 31, 2024 marked the expiry of MAHCP’s Central Table Collective Agreements, and we’re heading back to the bargaining table immediately,…
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April 2, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY – Budget 2024

WHAT: 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…
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March 27, 2024

HSC, Grace, Children’s Hospital MRI Wait Times Reach 30+ Weeks

Today, 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…
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March 27, 2024

Meet Sharon Young, RSW: Driven by purpose

Sharon Young, Registered Social Worker at Women’s Health Clinic, calls herself a “worker at heart,” and says that her career has been the result of…
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March 26, 2024

Statement from MAHCP President on HSC’s epilepsy monitoring unit

Today, 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…
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March 25, 2024

Meet Jasmine Masse, RSW: Connecting with clients & caregivers during challenging times

A phone conversation with Jasmine Masse, Registered Social Worker with the WRHA’s Home Care Community Stroke Care Service, is inspiring. She’s full of life and…
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March 20, 2024

Meet Sherry Treichel & HSC’s Child Life Services: 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…
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January 11, 2024

MAHCP President comments on St. Boniface Hospital bed expansion

January 10, 2024 “We were very pleased with Minister Asagwara’s announcement of 36 new beds at St. Boniface Hospital — beds which are desperately needed…
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