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The Manitoba government is reducing pressure on emergency rooms and improving wait times by reopening the former Misericordia Urgent Care Centre as a minor injury and illness clinic.

The Manitoba government is expanding access to primary care and reducing emergency room wait times by opening a new minor injury and illness clinic at the Grace Hospital in Winnipeg.

A number of metrics for home-care services have shown improvement, thanks to a new pathway for home-care workers within the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) that has seen success recruiting and retaining health-care aides working in the home-care field.

The Manitoba government has announced changes to the province’s newborn screening program to include the inherited blood disorder, which is most commonly found in people of African, Middle Eastern, Asian and Caribbean descent.

The Manitoba government has announced that it is taking steps to improve emergency medical services by adding and training more paramedics, adding more ambulances and expanding emergency patient transport.

The Manitoba government has announced that it is growing its physician workforce by funding more training seats for family physician graduates.

The Premier and Health Minister recently met with more than 120 front-line health-care workers at Health Sciences Centre (HSC) Winnipeg to hear their concerns, experiences and ideas on the sixth stop of their health-care listening tour.

As part of Budget 2024, initial work is underway to restore the Victoria Hospital as a centre for exceptional health care in southern Winnipeg, with plans to open a new Victoria Hospital emergency room (ER), reopen the Mature Women’s Centre and build the Anne Oake Family Recovery Centre.

The province has announced that surgical capacity for spinal patients is being increased and a new provincial spine program is being established to ensure Manitobans requiring acute spinal care are treated sooner.

A record number of Manitobans donated and received kidneys last year, signaling both the increased awareness of the province’s organ donor registry and the improved level of care offered at Health Sciences Centre’s (HSC) Transplant Wellness Centre.