A recent E. coli outbreak in emergency departments across the city has forced the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority to issue a public warning. The majority of the cases are associated with food eaten at Folklorama’s Russian Pavilion during the first week of August. The first outbreak occurred during the first two weeks of August. Fifteen [...]

Extensive upgrades are on the way for the Adult Emergency Department at the Health Sciences Centre. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority released the plans Monday, with a price of $4 million. The planned renovations are a way of improving patient safety and making friends and family members more comfortable while they wait. Planned changes include [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein The former home of Weston Bakery at the corner of Elgin Avenue and Sherbrook Street is making way for the new Women’s Hospital at the Health Sciences Centre. The deconstruction of the building began Wednesday morning, and is now being prepared for construction. You may recall back in January, the Winnipeg [...]

A new president and chief executive officer for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has been appointed to replace the retiring Dr. Brian Postl. Arlene Wilgosh — currently the province’s longest-serving Deputy Minister of Health — will assume the role March 22, the WRHA said Tuesday. Following a national search, Wilgosh was chosen for her vast [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority said Friday two adults were recently hospitalized as the result of tainted cocaine. The WRHA said the two individuals were suffering from ‘neutropenia’ (also known as agranulocytosis), a serious illness that impacts patients’ immune systems, leaving them unable to fight off infections. If left untreated, the [...]

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is looking for public input on two interior design concepts for the new Health Sciences Centre’s Women’s Hospital. Until February 14, Manitobans can view the designs online and then take a short survey. “The goal is to have people focus on how they want their hospital to feel; it’s not [...]

An outbreak of bloodstream infections caused by Serratia marcescens at the Seven Oaks General Hospital has forced the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority to issue a public advisory. The outbreak is in the emergency department and was first discovered Thursday afternoon. The infection can cause fevers and chills, which promptly resolve with antibiotic therapy. A total [...]

Misericordia Health Centre’s 14th annual Angel Squad Campaign will begin today collecting donations from passing motorists during the morning rush hour. From 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Tuesday to Thursday, the squad will be taking over the Maryland Bridge wearing gowns, wings and halos. The idea is to make donating as easy as possible, and [...]

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority will be operating four clinics during the final week of mass H1N1 immunizations beginning today. With a recent drop in visitor turnouts, the province announced recently that the shot will now be available at doctors’ offices. The following three clinics will run from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. until Thursday, [...]

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is scaling back the number of H1N1 flu shot clinics in the city for a second time. All eight remaining clinics will be open until the end of this week, and then only four will be open next week. St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church (2255 Grant Ave.) — Final Week [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority will scale back its mass H1N1 immunization clinics beginning Monday. Earlier in the week, the WRHA said a select number of locations were not receiving the traffic volume as others. Because of that, only the following eight locations will now be available to administer the H1N1 [...]

Manitoba Health said Thursday that they plan on moving away from the mass H1N1 immunization clinics shortly and allowing doctors to vaccinate patients at their office. A specific date on when that would happen wasn’t provided. The WRHA said a number of their mass immunization clinics are not performing as well as others and will [...]