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Manitoba Health

News Releases
DECEMBER 2011
7 Province Invests $8.7 Million in New Diagnostic Equipment
1 Province Announces First CancerCare Hub to Improve Diagnostics, Treatment, Wait Times for Manitobans
NOVEMBER 2011
29 Construction Begins on HSC Diagnostic Centre of Excellence
28 Province Announces Addition of Champix to Manitoba Drug Formulary
9 Province Invests in Electronic Tools to Improve Patient Care
OCTOBER 2011
27 New Air Transport Program will Ensure Patient Comfort and Safety while Travelling to Winnipeg for Medical Care
24 Province Commits $120 Million for New and Upgraded Medical Equipment
7 Doctors Ratify New Four-Year Agreement
7 Province Advises Seasonal Flu Vaccine Available to All this Fall
JULY 2011
15 Heat Advisory
5 Province Funds Development of New Course to Support Diabetes Education, Care in First Nations Communities
JUNE 2011
30 Premier Opens Western Manitoba Cancer Centre
30 Province to Support Development of New 80-bed Personal-care Home in Niverville
29 Province Releases Mental-health Strategic Plan, Creates Trauma Resource Centre
29 Manitobans Reminded to Practise Heat, Sun Safety Throughout Summer
28 Province Signs Agreement with STARS to Make Helicopter Ambulance Program Permanent
27 Province Moves Forward with Improving Access to Family Doctors and Primary Care
24 Province Breaks Ground on New Women's Hospital, Releases New Women's Health Strategy
16 Report from Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Tabled in Legislature; Province Accepts All Recommendations
16 Manitoba Continues Funding for Successful Nursing Education Pilot Program
10 Manitoba will Implement First-in-Canada Cancer Wait-time Strategy: Premier
7 Mental-health Court to be Established
5 Province Announces New Funding to Place Pharmacists in Province's Busiest Emergency Departments
4 New Dental Surgery Services to be Offered in Swan River
3 Province Announces Construction of $14.1-million Ste. Anne Hospital Expansion, Renovation
3 Bethesda Emergency Department Redevelopment Moving Forward with 45,000-square-foot Expansion
1 Sections of Regulated Health Professions Act to Come Into Force Today
MAY 2011
26 Province Investing $42.4 Million to Reduce Wait Times for Diagnostic Testing, Cardiac and Orthopedic Services
24 Province Releases NOR-MAN RHA Review
20 Public Health Spring/Summer Reminders
19 Lyme Disease Update
18 Province to Expand Holy Family Home
16 Province Increases Emergency Medical Services Funding, Proclaims Emergency Medical Services Week
13 Province Proposes Expanding Prescribing Authority of Nurse Practitioners
12 Province Proposes Increasing Transparency, Accountability of Regional Health Authorities
 9 Data Shows 494 More Nurses Working in Manitoba Over Last Year
 4 Province Starts Construction on Phase One of Misericordia Redevelopment
 3 Province Taking Steps to Improve Workplace Safety for Nurses, Other Health-care Staff
APRIL 2011
 27

Manitoba Introduces New Legislation That Would Require Installation of Defibrillators in Public Places

 21

Province to Cover Full Cost of Well-water Testing for Flood-affected Areas

 19

New Legislation Introduced That Would Officially Mark Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Day in Manitoba

 19

Manitoba to Create New Electronic Organ Transplant Registry

 18

Province Announces Cochlear Implant, Hearing Aid Surgery Program for Adults and Children

 14

More Than 100 Telehealth Sites Bring Health-care Service Closer to Home

 13

Budget 2011 Commits to Better Cancer Care for Patients, Families

 7

Province Partners With Misipawistik Cree Nation, Town of Grand Rapids to Build New Health Centre

 5

Saskatchewan and Manitoba Partner on MS Liberation Clinical Trial Research

 4

Province Funds Renovations to Eriksdale Hospital

MARCH 2011
 31 Province Investigates Mobile Surgery, Diagnostic Services for Rural, Northern Manitoba
 24 Grace Hospital Emergency Department to be Expanded and Modernized: Premier
 18 New Cataract Surgery Program Approved by Province for Swan River
 9 Province Launches eChart Manitoba
 8 Premier and Health Minister Unveil Two New Mobile Breast Cancer Screening Vans in Gimli and Winnipeg
 

 

FEBRUARY 2011
 18

Province Renews Long-term Care Plan to Meet Growing Demand for Services

 17

Province Upgrading Medical Laboratory in Flin Flon: Selinger

 10

Key Component of Provincial Laboratory System Strengthened: Selinger

  1

Selkirk Receiving Additional Health-care Resources

 
JANUARY 2011
 21 New Renal-health Dialysis Unit Opened for Interlake Residents
 10

Flu Update