WINNIPEG — Staffing shortages in Winnipeg’s health\u002Dcare systems continue to drive longer hospital wait times, but the organization tasked with overseeing…
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is providing real-time wait information at participating walk-in clinics. The body already provides this information for its emergency departments and urgent care centres.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“We need our doctors and our nurses and other health-care providers to be making sure they care for people who are having the most acute situations. The difference for that one individual who could get faster care at one of the private clinics or one of our walk-in clinics could be massive,” she said.Article content
So far this month, the hospital has seen three times the normal amount of children testing positive for the seasonal fly, and the system is strained. “It is an early spike for us. We’re seeing it across the country, and it is creating a lot of increased demands in the children’s hospital.” The organization said Manitoba would need 405 more doctors to be on par with the Canadian average of 246 physicians per 100,000 residents.
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