News - Kelvin Goertzen

Steinbach MLA and Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen, announced that the Manitoba government has awarded a contract to Virgo Planning and Evaluation Incorporated to assist the province in developing a provincial mental health and addictions strategy.

Steinbach MLA and Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced the grand opening of a new $20.8-million health centre in Notre-Damede-Lourdes.

Steinbach MLA and Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the province is making new appointments to CancerCare Manitoba and the Manitoba Health Appeal Board.

Steinbach MLA and Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the province has appointed a chair and members of the public to serve as committee members on the Manitoba Wait Time Reduction Task Force.

Steinbach MLA and Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the Manitoba government is inviting residents to provide input on two pieces of privacy legislation.

Steinbach MLA and Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the Manitoba government is further reducing ambulance fees across the province effective April 1, 2017.

Steinbach MLA and Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen, announced that the province is introducing companion pieces of legislation to protect the front-line services relied upon by Manitoba families, deliver better patient care through necessary reform and bargaining unit restructuring, and guard against tax increases.

Steinbach MLA and Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen, announced that the Selkirk Mental Health Centre has achieved the highest level of accreditation possible for a health-care centre, an exemplary standing established by an independent national agency.

Steinbach MLA and Health Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the province has approved 95 projects to ensure safety and security requirements identified by regional health authorities.

Steinbach MLA and Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen says that the province has received a report commissioned in 2015 on planning options for clinical and preventive health-care services for Manitoba.