The health authority in western Manitoba expects to be down 20 doctors by the end of the summer, as it currently struggles with finding staff at two personal care homes and to prevent ERs from closing temporarily.
Patients, health-care workers and local community members are being encouraged to provide their input as health system planners continue design work for new hospitals in Portage la Prairie and Neepawa, Health Minister Audrey Gordon announced today.
The storm blowing across southern Manitoba has pushed frontline health workers to go to extreme lengths to ensure their patients get the care they need, and forced hospitals in Winnipeg to postpone some procedures.