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News Releases
DECEMBER 2008
  16 Province Launches First-of-its-kind Web Tool for Manitoba Doctors
  10 Dedicated Children's MRI Will Improve Care, Reduce Waits: Oswald
    8 Province Invests $18 Million to Strengthen Cancer Treatment in Winnipeg, Brandon
    4 New Seniors' Supportive Housing Complex Opens Doors In St. Boniface
    3 Action on Auditor General Recommendations Will Further Strengthen Provincial Pharmacare Program: Oswald
    2 Aboriginal Healing, Modern Medicine To Be Offered Under One Roof At Pioneering $7-Million Health Centre
NOVEMBER 2008
  28 Premier Officially Opens New Concordia Hospital Emergency Department
  24 Overseas Nurse Recruitment Mission A Success: Ministers
    5 Province Cuts Ribbon On New Selkirk Mental Health Centre
OCTOBER 2008
  27 Province Launches 2008 Flu Vaccine Campaign
    8 MBTelehealth Expansion Connects More Rural Manitobans With Health-Care Expertise: Oswald
    7 Rural Health-Care Training Reaches Record High: Ministers
    6 Public Health Update #6: Listeriosis
SEPTEMBER 2008
  24 West Nile Virus Update #17
  24 Public Health Update #5: Listeriosis
  22 Focus On Family Doctors, Rural Service, New Tools For Retention Highlights Of New Physician Contract
  19 Specialized Nurses To Enhance Mental-Health Care In Manitoba Emergency Rooms: Ministers
  19 Pilot Project To Connect Manitobans With After-Hours Care
  18 Public Health Update #4: Listeriosis
  17 Five Aboriginal Medical Students Recipients Of New Scholarship: Ministers
  17 West Nile Virus Update #16
  15 Addressing The Risk, Strengthening Care; Province Invests $8.6 Million In New Cancer Funding: Ministers
  12 Listeriosis Public Health Update #3
  12 Eight New Drugs, 32 Generics Now Covered By Pharmacare
  10 West Nile Virus Update #15
    9 New Hospital, Expanded Maternal Services At Heart Of New Era Of Health Care For Manitoba Women: Oswald
    5 Lyme Disease Update
    5 Manitoba Reaches Agreement With Federal Government To Implement Jordan's Principle
    5 First-In-Canada Physician Assistant Program Begins Next Week At University Of Manitoba
    3 West Nile Virus Update #14
    2 Province Boosts Incentives To Deliver More Doctors To Rural Manitoba
AUGUST 2008
  28 Public Health Update #2: Listeriosis
  28 New One-Stop Health Access Centre In The Works For West Winnipeg: Ministers
  27 West Nile Virus Update #13
  26 Public Health Update: Listeria
  25 Province invests more than $2 Million to expand Supportive Housing for Seniors in The Pas
  20 West Nile Virus Update #12
  20 Ministers Welcome Largest Medical School Class in History
  13 West Nile Virus Update #11
    6 West Nile Virus Update #10
JULY 2008
  30 West Nile Virus Update #9
  25 West Nile Virus Update #8
  24 Province Invests $1.4 Million to Expand Supportive Housing for Dauphin Seniors
  23 West Nile Virus Update #7
  16 West Nile Virus Update #6
  11 Construction Begins On $5-Million Portage Hospital Emergency Room Redevelopment
    9 West Nile Virus Update #5
    3 West Nile Virus Update #4
JUNE 2008
  25 West Nile Virus Update #3
  23 Mobile Ultrasound Arrives in Interlake
  18 West Nile Virus Update #2
  17 Manitoba Issues Shortest-In-Country Wait Guarantee For Cancer Radiation Therapy
    3 Province Invests Nearly $1 Million To Increase Breast Cancer Screenings, Enhance Diagnostics, Promote Prevention
MAY 2008
  30 $11.8-Million Investment To Enhance Physician Collaboration, Strengthen Primary Care: Oswald
  28 $1.8-Million Investment To Deliver More Nurse Practitioners To The Front Lines Of Care: Oswald
  15 Public Health Spring/Summer Reminders
    5 Province Announces $2.8-Million Boost For Mental Health And Addictions Services
    1 Province Introduces Legislative Amendments to Personal Health Information Act
 
APRIL 2008
  29 Province Introduces Amendments To Salvation Army Grace General Hospital Act
  24 More Training, New Investment In Retention Centrepieces Of Expanded Nursing Strategy
  21 Drug-cost Savings Make New Cancer Drugs Available Under Pharmacare: Oswald
  18 Province Invests Over $1.7 Million to Bolster Cancer Strategy
  18 New Program Aims to Reduce Barriers to Organ Donation from Living Donors: Oswald
  16 Bodily Fluids Bill Would Offer New Protection for Front-Line Responders: Oswald
  16 More Paramedics, More Ambulances For Manitoba Communities: Oswald
  15 Dental Hygienists Act Proclaimed
  15 Province Unveils $4-Million, Multi-Tiered Plan To Recruit, Retain More Doctors For Manitoba
  14 Province Invests $3 Million In Six First Nations Personal-Care Homes
 
MARCH 2008
  14 New Pilot Project to Further Reduce Wait Times Announced for Manitoba
    3 Leaders To Gather In Winnipeg For 2008 National Aboriginal Health Summit
 
FEBRUARY 2008
  29 New Acquired Brain Injury, Dialysis Units Officially Opened In Thompson
  28 Province To Add 120 Drugs To Manitoba Pharmacare Program
  20 Province Investing $5 Million to Redevelop Emergency Room at Portage District General Hospital
  20 Province to Hire 12 Additional Nurse Practitioners
  14 Final Report Released of External Review of Regional Health Authority System
    5 Province Invests More than $6.5M for Replacement Diagnostic Equipment Across Manitoba
    4 Province Continues To Expand Number Of Doctors Being Trained At University Of Manitoba Faculty Of Medicine
 
JANUARY 2008
 31 Province to Invest More Than $20M to Expand Regional Cancer Services in Brandon
 30 New Community Cancer Program Officially Opened At Deloraine Hospital
 17 West Nile Virus Update #1