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Statement from MAHCP President in honour of 2024 Paramedic Week
Read Article: Statement from MAHCP President in honour of 2024 Paramedic WeekOn behalf of all of us at MAHCP, I wish all our EMS members a Happy Paramedic Services Week (proclaimed this year in Manitoba as Paramedic Week). Thank you for giving of yourself to others every day, and for demonstrating excellence under circumstances that continue to be more challenging than they need to be. …
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MAHCP President comments on paramedic training investment
Read Article: MAHCP President comments on paramedic training investmentOur president Jason Linklater, alongside Paramedic Association of Manitoba director Rebecca Clifton, was featured in a May 17 Winnipeg Sun article by Dave Baxter in response to a $16 million paramedic training investment. “Manitoba is still burning out paramedics due to short-staffing,” said Linklater. “If I have one piece of advice right now, it is…
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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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Statement from President Jason Linklater on bilateral health-care funding agreements
Read Article: Statement from President Jason Linklater on bilateral health-care funding agreementsOn behalf of MAHCP’s 7,000 specialized allied health members, we are very pleased with the Province of Manitoba/Government of Canada’s February 15 joint announcement of two significant, multi-year health funding agreements. MAHCP has been calling on government to address rising vacancies, unreasonable overtime, deteriorating morale and crumbling faith in the system for many years, and…
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Manitoba Government Silent During Paramedic Services Week
Read Article: Manitoba Government Silent During Paramedic Services WeekBudget Commitment to Hire 35 Additional Paramedics Impossible Task Download PDF here | Shared Health Response to FIPPA Request May 27, 2022 Winnipeg, MB – During Paramedic Services Week which is from May 22 to 28, the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP) is calling attention to the mounting paramedic staffing crisis affecting emergency…
