Nursing vacancies a lingering problem in Manitoba, NDP says, as government lauds recruitment plan
While the Manitoba government touts a long-term plan to bring more nurses into the workforce, it won t fix the dire shortages the profession is already facing, the NDP argues.
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COVID-19 patient s unreal journey from Winnipeg hospital to Ontario ICU and back By: Malak Abas | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2021 Save to Read Later
The last thing Miles Kasprick remembers before waking up in an Ontario hospital bed was a Winnipeg doctor telling him his COVID-19 had worsened and he would have to be put into a coma.
The last thing Miles Kasprick remembers before waking up in an Ontario hospital bed was a Winnipeg doctor telling him his COVID-19 had worsened and he would have to be put into a coma. Waking up, I was in fight-or-flight mode. I didn’t know where I was, disoriented, and I started fighting the nurses and doctors, Kasprick told the
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Pregnant women from northern Manitoba are increasingly transferred to southern hospitals to give birth because of nursing shortages.
Pregnant women from northern Manitoba are increasingly transferred to southern hospitals to give birth because of nursing shortages.
St. Anthony s General Hospital in The Pas was one of two northern hospitals, along with Thompson, where women with high-risk pregnancies could give birth, but recently high-risk deliveries in The Pas were halted because of a lack of staff in the obstetrics unit, Manitoba Nurses Union president Darlene Jackson said.
Jackson estimated the unit has a 50 per cent vacancy rate. As a result, she said women are transferred to Winnipeg, Brandon, or Thompson to give birth. The union was alerted to the issue last fall, but since December, the obstetrics unit has lost four nurses and no new nurses have been recruited.
Manitoba seems to have avoided a nursing strike or job action after the health care employers and the Manitoba Nurses Union reached an agreement Saturday that…
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In a news release Saturday, Lanette Siragusa, chief nursing officer for Shared Health, stated “The professional bargaining teams have come up with a solution that is truly the best approach for everyone and that sets the stage for ongoing focus on working through the issues that remain on the bargaining table.” (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Manitoba nurses have agreed to step back from the brink of strike, but binding arbitration is still on the bargaining table.
Manitoba nurses have agreed to step back from the brink of strike, but binding arbitration is still on the bargaining table.