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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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Meet Sharon, RSW: Driven by purpose
Read Article: Meet Sharon, RSW: Driven by purposeSharon Y., Registered Social Worker at Women’s Health Clinic, calls herself a “worker at heart,” and says that her career has been the result of opportunity, circumstance and getting behind causes that align with who she is at her core. “I started out in health care 26 years ago as a volunteer at Women’s Health…
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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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Meet Jasmine, RSW: Connecting with clients & caregivers during challenging times
Read Article: Meet Jasmine, RSW: Connecting with clients & caregivers during challenging timesA 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 Sherry & HSC’s Child Life Services Team: Creating a sense of normalcy for kids in hospital
Read Article: Meet Sherry & HSC’s Child Life Services Team: Creating a sense of normalcy for kids in hospitalA 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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MAHCP President comments on St. Boniface Hospital bed expansion
Read Article: MAHCP President comments on St. Boniface Hospital bed expansionJanuary 10, 2024 “We were very pleased with Minister Asagwara’s announcement of 36 new beds at St. Boniface Hospital — beds which are desperately needed to alleviate system pressure and halt skyrocketing ER wait times,” said Jason Linklater, President, MAHCP. “Specialized allied health professionals and going to be critical in getting these new beds up…
