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Manitoba’s nurses are committed to caring.
Tell the Manitoba government to step up for nurses and patients.
Nurses are here for all of us, doing everything possible to keep Manitobans safe. In partnership with all health care workers, they’re on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, working around the clock to stop its spread and care for those who are infected.
But they can’t do it alone. Nurses need your help to convince the Pallister government to support frontline care providers.
Many nurses do not have access to the personal protective equipment (PPE) they need. Without the right equipment, they’re being put into harm’s way.
When nurses get sick, they can’t take care of patients. And the last thing Manitoba needs now is an even greater shortage of nurses.
The situation is getting worse and Premier Pallister has promised more cuts are on the way.
Protecting health care workers protects us all. Other provinces are making progress by allowing nurses to use their clinical judgment for accessing PPE, and providing paid sick leave for ALL health care workers exposed to COVID-19.
Yet Manitoba is lagging behind. It’s time for the Pallister government to do better, and work with nurses to put patients first.
What can you do to help?
- Stay home, save lives.
- Wash your hands frequently.
- Keep at least 2 metres away from others.
- Tell Premier Pallister that protecting nurses and health care workers protects us all by joining our letter writing campaigns:
Stand with nurses and
stand up for safe patient care.
Did you know MNU offers a variety of scholarships, workshops and courses for nurses and students?
Visit manitobanurses.ca/advancing-your-career for more information on educational resources, and scholarships aimed at supporting nursing students and MNU members continuing their education.
"Kinew said the province's request for surgical and echocardiography services will likely lead to private health care providers "poaching" specialists from the public health care system."
Kinew sounds health-care alarm in Ottawa, province says complaint "baseless"
Opposition Leader Wab Kinew has complained to the federal health minister that Manitoba appears to be violating "the spirit and letter of the Canada Health Act" in its bid to mobilize the private sect...The province has a huge backlog of procedures due to the recent ‘pandemic’ so why not use private providers to help reduce the wait times?? It doesn’t mean that public would go private. Stop pushing the fear agenda and find other ways to stay relevant in your political career.
Nurses and staff will have terrible working conditions. Patients and taxpayers will pay more with less care.
In Pallister Gov't 1st term, they made cuts to emergency rooms, nurses, surgeries. Now they want to 'privatize' for the short comings they caused. The Canadian Medicare system was to provide equal access to physician and hospital services. By privatizing it will COST you.
I do wish Wab(bly) Kinew would shut up and stop his negative crap and fear mongering. He could not do better than Pallister has been doing under the circumstances if as good. Kinew is a blow hard with a devilish smirk and really knows how to get on the nerves as people remember what his party under Selinger had done to Manitoba and know how Kinew could do worse!!
The private healthcare is needed right now, but it doesn’t mean public healthcare will go private. Your tactics will not scare or work on people. We’re smarter then that.
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The Manitoba Nurses Union said expanding private health care delivery would only exacerbate the shortage of nurses and other health care providers in the province. https://winnipegsun.com/news/provincial/0703-surgery-backlog
