2024 News Releases

DECEMBER
19 Manitoba Government Breaks Ground on New Personal Care Home in Lac du Bonnet
9 Manitoba Government Partners with Long Plain First Nation to Improve Safety at Portage Hospital
2 Manitoba Government Reaffirms Commitment to Community-Led HIV Prevention, Intervention Projects
NOVEMBER
27 Manitoba Government Adds 800 Hip and Knee Surgeries in Selkirk
22 Province Advises First Mpox Clade LB Case Reported in Manitoba
22 Manitoba Government Listening Tour Leads to Frontline Health-care Improvements
18 Manitoba Government Invests in Building Health-Care Workforce
10 Manitoba Government Commits $25 Million to Modernize HSC Children's Emergency Department, Help Lower Wait Times
OCTOBER
16 Manitoba Government is Prepared for Respiratory Virus Season
10 Manitobans Encouraged to get Updated Flu and Covid-19 Vaccines
SEPTEMBER
26 Manitoba Government on Track to Hire 1,000 Net New Health-care Workers
26 Manitoba Government Appoints Chair of Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Board
24 Manitobans Asked to Help Select Design for Province's New Health Card
24 Manitoba Government Helping More Women Get Screened for Breast Cancer
18 Manitoba Government Opening its First Extended Hours Primary Care Clinic
9 Manitoba Government to Open Brandon's First Minor Injury Clinic this Month
AUGUST
22 Manitoba Government Announces Universal Birth Control Coverage Starting Oct. 1
19 Health-Care Listening Tour Continues in Thompson as Premier, Minister Meet with Hospital Staff
16 Manitoba Government Adds Beds Across the Province to Reduce Wait Times
14 Province Issues Heat Advisory for Northern Manitoba
8 West Nile Virus Bulletin #2
2 Manitoba Government Implements First My Health Team in Northern Manitoba
JULY
31 West Nile Virus Bulletin #1
25 Province Issues Heat-health Advisory for Outdoor Workers
22 Celebrating Older Adults: Nominations Open for the 2024 Manitoba Healthy Aging Awards
19 Province Issues Heat Advisory for Northwest Manitoba
17 Manitoba Government Improving Access to Gender-affirming Care
10 Manitobans Reminded to Plan for Heat Health This Summer
4 Manitoba Government to Open Minor Injury and Illness Clinic at Grace Hospital
4 Manitoba Government and Research Manitoba Announce Recipient of Dr. Dick Smith Hiv Epidemiology Grant
4 Manitoba Manitoba Government to Reopen Misericordia Urgent Care Centre as Minor Injury and Illness Clinic
JUNE
24 Manitoba Government Hires More Home-care Workers to Improve Services
19 Manitoba Government Expands Newborn Screening To Include Sickle Cell Disease
MAY
16 Manitoba Government Announces New Ems Station Opens in Teulon
15 Manitoba Government Adding Paramedics and Ambulances to Improve Emergency Care
10 Carberry Emergency Department to Reopen
8 Manitobans Urged to Be Vigilant During Tick Season
8 Manitoba Leads Breast Cancer Care With Innovative Technology
2 New CT Scanner Online Next Month at Swan Valley Health Centre
1 Manitoba Government Celebrates Full Complement of Medicine Residents
APRIL
30 Premier, Health Minister Visit Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg on Latest Listening Tour Stop
24 Manitoba Government to Build New Victoria ER
23 Statement From Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin on National Immunization Awareness Week
23 New Provincial Spine Program Will Improve Care, Reduce Wait Times
22 Manitoba Performs Record Number of Kidney Transplants
17 Greater Transparency of Disciplinary Hearings by Health Colleges Would Increase Accountability for Manitobans
11 Manitoba Government Unveils Plans to Hire 100 New Doctors This Year
10 Manitoba Government Announces Institutional Safety Officers Coming to Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg Starting April 15
8 Budget 2024 Adds 50 New Beds to Health Sciences Centre to Reduce Wait Times
MARCH
28 Manitoba Budget Will Implement Plastic Health Cards
27 Manitoba Government Will Open First Minor Injury and Illness Clinic in Brandon
21 Manitoba Government Will Build a Personal Care Home in Lac Du Bonnet
FEBRUARY
19 More Doctors Added to HSC Minor Treatment Clinic to Help Relieve Emergency Room Congestion
JANUARY
19 More Doctors Added to HSC Minor Treatment Clinic to Help Relieve Emergency Room Congestion
16 Expansion of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Will Offer More Wraparound Supports for Sexual Assault Survivors
11 Health-Care Workers Invited to Participate in Online Engagement as Part of Listening Tour
11 Province Identifies Increases in Invasive Meningococcal Disease and Invasive Group a Streptococcal Infections
10 Manitoba Government Continues to Add Capacity to Overstretched Health-Care System With 36 New Beds at St. Boniface Hospital