New hemodialysis unit opens at Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg
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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.
“The new hemodialysis unit will allow HSC Winnipeg to accommodate a growing number of individuals receiving treatment for the first time, as well as patients from across the province who have been hospitalized, are receiving specialist care or need ongoing dialysis treatments,” said Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson. “It further strengthens the size and scope of renal services offered at our provincial hospital, allowing us to meet the current and future needs of dialysis patients in Manitoba.”
Winnipeg Free Press By: Aaron Epp
Sean Miller, executive director of Peer Connections Manitoba, the organization formerly known as the Manitoba Schizophrenia Society.
James was experiencing severe depression, anxiety and loneliness exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic when he visited the Mental Health Crisis Response Centre on Bannatyne Avenue last fall.
James was experiencing severe depression, anxiety and loneliness exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic when he visited the Mental Health Crisis Response Centre on Bannatyne Avenue last fall.
As part of their response, health-care workers referred the 65-year-old retiree to Peer Connections Manitoba for one-on-one peer support.
Through this program, people experiencing mental illness or addiction issues are paired with a peer support worker with lived experience who listens, answers questions regarding accessing mental-health services and helps the person they are working w
Posted: Jan 25, 2021 11:23 AM CT | Last Updated: January 25
The northern part of Manitoba is still seeing the majority of new COVID-19 cases but a lot of work is happening at the moment from all levels of governments to address that, Dr. Brent Roussin says. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)