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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.
“Unlike in April, when health-care workers left idle due to restrictions on hospital and clinic operations presented an easily accessible pool of skilled labour, health administrators found themselves unable to find the staff to extend hours at sampling sites, Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin said last week.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-testing-capacity-winnipeg-1.5735851
Sampling-site bottlenecks continue to impede Manitoba COVID-19 testing efforts | CBC News
Parents are wondering how they're supposed to juggle child-care and work responsibilities while they wait for a COVID-19 swab, which Manitoba's government has spent six months promoting as a central f...Lack of staff at testing sites. Lack of staff in hospitals. A common theme thanks to our current government.
Government is destroying our health care!!!
Ugh. We knew this was coming. Why is the government so reactive? We should’ve been making a realistic plan for this in April!
And here we go, we are never satisfied with what ever we’re given, paid for with more tax. I imagine every country in the world is getting better service.
These lucky people with 4 hours wait, we waited 6 1/2 hours. School requires a negative COVID swab to return to school following any sick day off even if illness not COVID related. Other option is 2 weeks isolation. We’re going to be spending a lot of time in line for COVID tests. Just wait until winter when kids walk into school with running noses from their snotsicles melting. Yes we need more testing sites open. Put a nurse in the school and swab the child before sending them home, that would be efficient.
"The long lines are due to a lack of medical staff to conduct the nasal cavity swabs, chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin explained last week."
Nurses have been warning about a staffing shortage in many areas of health care system for years, including public health. During a pandemic, a lack of available staff should come as no surprise to the Pallister government.
Let's see a plan to boost capacity in the public system to carry us through the pandemic and beyond, instead of relying on short-term agreements with private contractors.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/coronavirus/first-private-mobile-covid-19-testing-site-expected...
First private mobile COVID-19 testing site expected next week
After the outcry over long lineups and people being turned away, the province said several more COVID-19 testing sites will open next week, providing an additional 1,400 tests a day, with the ability ...The feds are too busy in their playground games. This is not the time!People...read the room!
Pallister is privatizing healthcare, so by gutting healthcare, he can get his wish. It is time to look at doing something different
Good point! Maybe addressing contract issues (lack of one) would help too
Why don't medical students do it!!!!!
Hmm, perhaps if they hadn't gutted healthcare, there would be enough staff for testing. 🙄
Where do we apply?
Nice!!!
This is definitely needed right now.
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“Unlike in April, when health-care workers left idle due to restrictions on hospital & clinic operations presented an easily accessible pool of skilled labour... administrators found themselves unable to find the staff to extend hours at sampling sites”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-testing-capacity-winnipeg-1.5735851
"The long lines are due to a lack of medical staff to conduct the nasal cavity swabs, chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin explained last week."
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/coronavirus/first-private-mobile-covid-19-testing-site-expected-next-week-572497931.html
