News - Health Sciences Centre

Permanent artificial intelligence (AI) weapon scanners have been installed at the emergency departments at Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg to help address safety and security concerns raised by front-line workers.

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.

The Manitoba government has announced that institutional safety officers (ISOs) will begin patrolling Health Sciences Centre (HSC) Winnipeg starting April 15, enhancing the hospital’s ability to keep staff, patients and visitors safe.

The province has announced that people living with epilepsy can now access better treatment through a new epilepsy monitoring unit and an adjacent neurological recovery unit have both opened at Health Sciences Centre (HSC) Winnipeg.

The Manitoba government is launching a six-year, $1.5-billion rebuild of Health Sciences Centre (HSC) Winnipeg’s adult bed towers and upgrades to the Bannatyne campus.

The Manitoba government is investing nearly $3 million to establish a new minor treatment clinic at Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg to reduce pressure on the emergency department and connect people who come to the emergency department but require a less urgent level of care with other on-site options.

The province has announced that joint funding between the federal and provincial government will be used for inpatient monitor upgrades and new monitors to support care and remote monitoring capabilities at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre (HSC) Children’s Hospital.

A comprehensive epilepsy program being established in Manitoba will offer life-changing surgery within the province for adults living with the chronic neurological condition.

Manitoba is marking the launch of Kidney Health Month with the opening of a new hemodialysis unit at Health Sciences Centre (HSC) Winnipeg, further bolstering renal care for patients who require regular critical life-saving dialysis services.

A new unit and additional addictions, mental health and security staff will be added to the Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg emergency department, to improve outcomes for patients in various stages of intoxication, withdrawal or mental health crisis.