We’ve all been there.

Sick. Hurt. Worried. Exhausted.

And in those times, we’ve had someone to count on when we’ve needed it most. Helping with recovery, offering advice and support, and ensuring we have the best care possible at every step.

Nurses are a critical part of safe, compassionate, consistent patient care.

So what happens when there aren’t enough nurses? Or the facilities they work in are underfunded and overcrowded? When they don’t have enough time to spend with each patient?

Changes imposed by Premier Pallister and his government mean nurses in Manitoba’s health facilities are being stretched to their limits. Wait times are up and the amount of mandatory overtime in some facilities has almost tripled. Increasing workloads mean nurses have less time to spend with each patient.

The situation is only getting worse with more shortsighted cuts on the horizon.

And when the government cuts frontline services, they’re cutting your access to the best care possible – and putting you and your family at risk.

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that Manitobans deserve better.

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The background to this petition is as follows:

The Provincial Government’s program of cuts and restructuring in health care have had serious negative consequences, reduced both access to and quality of care for patients, increased wait times, exacerbated the nursing shortage, and significantly increased workload and the reliance on overtime from nurses and other health care professionals.
Further cuts and consolidation are opposed by a majority of Manitobans, and will only further reduce access to health care services.
The Provincial Government has rushed through these cuts and changes, and failed to adequately consult nurses and health care professionals who provide frontline patient care.
Ongoing cuts and changes appear to be more about saving money than improving health care.

We petition the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as follows:

To urge the Provincial Government reverse cuts and closures that negatively impact patients’ ability to access timely, quality health care.
To urge the Provincial Government to make real investments in Manitoba’s public health care system that will improve the timeliness and quality of care for patients by increasing the number of beds across the system, and recruiting and retaining an adequate number of nurses and other health professionals to meet Manitoba’s needs.

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My husband just had hip replacement surgery in Tuesday, March 19/2019. I was there every day and five or six hours went by and he never saw a nurse. They were always at the desk but rarely in his room. We had a student nurse discharge him and he could not answer one question we had if the answer was not on the sheet. He is home now and now he is vomiting a lot. His doctor is making a house call. Support the nurses, after my care, my dad’s care and now myhusbands, not sure I can.

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