Manitoba Wait Time Information

Cardiac (Heart)

2006

• Funding To Consolidate Cardiac Surgery At St. Boniface General Hospital
• Oswald Announces $375,000 to Support Provincial Heart Health Strategy

2005

• Manitoba Meets Or Exceeds National Benchmarks For Life And Death Treatments
• $155-Million Wait-Time Reduction Strategy To Provide Better Care, Sooner- Sale
• Construction of $9.5-Million Cardiac Care Centre Begins at St. Boniface General Hospital

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Cancer

2006

• Linear Accelerator Officially Opened At Cancercare Manitoba
• Manitoba Announces $13.3 Million Funding Increase For Cancer Drugs

2005

• Manitoba Meets Or Exceeds National Benchmarks For Life And Death Treatments
• Replacement Linear Accelerator Officially Opened At Cancercare Manitoba
• 155-Million Wait-Time Reduction Strategy To Provide Better Care, Sooner- Sale
• New Community Cancer Centre Opens In Neepawa
• Cancercare Manitoba To Receive New Radiation Treatment Vault And Replacement Linear Accelerator

2004

• Premier Announces New Chemotherapy Centre For Neepawa

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Joint Replacements (Hips & Knees)

2006

• 1,000 More Hip And Knee Surgeries Doubles 2005-06 Targets

2005

• Health Minister Announces Strategy To Address Long Wait Times For Hip And Knee Operations
• $155-Million Wait-Time Reduction Strategy To Provide Better Care, Sooner- Sale
• Budget 2005 Boosts Orthopedic Surgeries By 1,000

2004

• Premier Announces New Resources for Orthopedics

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Diagnostic Services

2006

• Health Minister Announces New MRI For Boundary Trails Health Centre
• New Ultrasound Installed At Bethesda Hospital In Steinbach
• Manitoba Initiates Pilot Project to Reduce MRI And CT Wait Times
• $1.2-Million MRI Upgrade At HSC To Add More Than 2,500 Scans Per Year

2005

• $155-Million Wait-Time Reduction Strategy To Provide Better Care, Sooner- Sale
• New MRI at Pan Am Clinic to Help Reduce Wait Times
• Portage District General Hospital CT Scanner Officially Opened

2004

• CT Scanner Project Moves Forward
• Premier Opens MRI At Brandon Regional Health Centre
• MRI For Pan Am Key Component Of Wait Time Plan

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Cataract (Eye)

2006

• Manitoba Expands Cataract Surgeries By 3,500 Procedures
• Province To Fund Diagnostic Testing To Prevent Permanent Vision Loss

2005

• $155-Million Wait-Time Reduction Strategy To Provide Better Care, Sooner- Sale

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Provincial Initiatives

2006

• Pain Clinic Services To Be Expanded

2005

• Pediatric Dental Wait-List Cut By Over 60 Per Cent In Winnipeg Region
• Health Minister Announces New Initiatives To Reduce Tooth Decay, Lower Pediatric Dental Wait Times

2004

• Wait-List Targeted For Pediatric Dental Surgeries

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People

2006

• Largest Faculty Of Medicine Class In 30 Years Begins At The University Of Manitoba
• Proposed Amendments To Medical Act Introduced By Health Minister
• Changes In Regulations Made To Enhance Physician Recruitment In Rural And Northern Manitoba
• The Pas And Norway House Named Training Site For Aboriginal Midwifery Education Program
• Manitoba Appoints New Provincial Director Of Patient Access

2005

• Dental Hygenist Act Introduced
• Influenza Vaccinations Encouraged For Health-Care Workers
• New Doctor Contract to Help Address Wait Times and Physician Shortages
• Nursing Diploma Program Continues to Provide Francophone-Trained Nurses
• Health Minister Releases Five-year Progress Report on Manitoba Nursing Strategy
• Government of Manitoba Unveils Plan to Recruit and Train More Doctors
• New Provincial Regulation to Expand the Role of Registered Nurses in the Health-Care System

2004

• First Aboriginal Midwifery Education Program To Be Established In Manitoba
• Financial Support For Medical Students Helps Keep Graduates In Manitoba: Chomiak
• Rural Physician And Health Services Review Released By Provincial Government
• Family Doctor Connection Phone Line Introduced To Rural Manitoba
• Improved 24/7 Access To Health Advice Provided For All Manitobans

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Places

2006

• Construction Starts on $6-million Renovation at St. Anthony's Hospital in The Pas
• Minister Announces Additional Treatment Beds For Addictions Foundation Of Manitoba
• Renovations Underway At Pinawa Hospital
• Funding To Consolidate Cardiac Surgery At St. Boniface General Hospital
• Swan Valley Health Centre Opens Beds
• Manitoba Launches New $98-Million Long-Term Care Strategy For Seniors

2005

• Service Consolidation to Begin at Sharon Home
• New Thompson Facility For Addictions Foundation Of Manitoba
• Health Centre Officially Opened In Wabowden
• Renovated Ste. Anne Hospital Officially Opened
• Province Funds Addition To Personal Care Home
• Premier Officially Opens Swan Valley Health Centre
• Premier Announces $1.75 Million in Upgrades to the Flin Flon General Hospital
• Construction Begins At Thompson Personal Care Home
• Riverdale Health Centre To Be Site Of New Acute-Rehabilitation Program
• New Community Health-Care Centre Opens in Riverton
• New Community Health-Care Centre Opens in R.M. of Montcalm
• Manitoba's Medical Transportation Co-Ordination Centre To Be Located In The Brandon Regional Health Centre
• Winnipeg Regional Health Authority To Use New "Smart Pump" Technology
• New Command And Control Centre For Rural and Northern Emergency Medical Services To Be Located In Brandon
• Seven Oaks Receives $5 Million To Expand Emergency Room

2004

• New Primary Health Care Centres Under Construction In Rural And Northern Manitoba
• Health Accord Funding To Better Utilize Rural Operating Rooms, Reduce Wait Lists, Improve Patient Care
• St. Anthony's Hospital Renovation Moves Forward
• Westman Regional Lab Upgrade Gets Provincial Approval
• Tender Awarded For Development Of Access Transcona
• Steinbach's Bethesda Hospital Expansion Enters Design Phase
• Renal Health And Treatment Unit Officially Opened In Garden Hill
• Ste. Anne Hospital Tender Awarded
• Phase One Of Selkirk Mental Health Centre Redevelopment Receives Approval
• Premier Officially Opens Gimli Community Health Centre
• Capital Improvements Announced At Portage District General Hospital
• Premier Officially Opens Renovated Brandon Regional Health Centre
• CancerCare Prostate Centre Tender Awarded

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Other

2006

• Province Expands Mental Health and Addictions Strategy
• Manitoba Website Offers Improved Wait-Time Data And Information

2005

• Government Proposes Public Health Legislation Update To Better Protect And Promote Health Of Manitobans - Sale
• Pandemic Guidelines Available To Local Governments
• $6 Million In Funding For New Diabetes And Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative In Manitoba
• 2005 Influenza Vaccination Campaign Launched In Stonewall
• Lifeflight Air Ambulance Program Celebrates 20th Anniversary
• Second Review And Rate Teen Smoking Prevention Project Underway
• Regulation Changes Designed To Improve Public Health, Safety And Recreation Opportunities
• Assiniboine Regional Health Authority Submits Report To Strengthen Regional Health Services
• Health Minister Introduces Proposed Regulated Health Profession Statutes Amendment Act
• Health Services Insurance And Prescription Drugs Cost Assistance Amendment Act Introduced
• Proposed Legislation Designed to Improve Patient Safety
• Manitoba Defends Right to Set Health Care Priorities- Sale

2004

• New Diabetes And Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative Announced
• Influenza Program Resumes Vaccination Of Manitobans Capable Of Transmitting Influenza To Those At High Risk
• Second Provincial Report On Health Indicators Released
• Influenza Vaccine Program To Focus On Those At High Risk
• Healthy Living Minister Launches 2004 Influenza Vaccination Campaign
• Managing Growth In Manitoba The Task Of New Cabinet: Doer
• Study Released On Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Among Winnipeg Street Youth
• New Vaccines Now Available To Manitoba Children
• Minister Accepts Recommendations Of Emergency Care Task Force
• Temporary Pentacel Vaccine Shortage
• Health, Finance Ministers To Talk Future Of Medical System
• Health Minister Announces Manitoba Institute For Patient Safety
• National Primary Health Care Conference Underway In Manitoba
• Healthy Living Website Launched
• Minister Outlines Plan To Safeguard Pharmacare's Future
• Chomiak Announces Funding For Eating Disorders Group
• National Conference Brings Health Experts To Manitoba
• Bill 21 Would Set Stage For First Ever Provincial Smoking Ban
• Minister Of Health Appoints Emergency Care Task Force
• Access To Information On Waiting Times Improved