The Manitoba government says it has expanded hospital capacity by adding 10 new fully staffed intensive care beds (ICU) this year to help lower emergency wait times and ensuring the health-care system is better prepared to meet seasonal demand.
Premier Wab Kinew said today six beds have opened at the Health Sciences Centre Children’s Hospital, two at St. Boniface Hospital and two at Grace Hospital – along with hundreds of additional medicine, surgical and transitional-care beds in hospitals in Winnipeg, Brandon, Selkirk, Dauphin and Steinbach.
The government says since October 2023, it has expanded hospital capacity across the province with 323 fully staffed beds, and has staffed and funded 141 personal care home beds with more under construction.
Flu and COVID-19 vaccines are available at medical clinics, ACCESS Centres, pharmacies, nursing stations and public-health sites across Manitoba.
The province is also providing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines free of charge to seniors aged 60 and older living in long-term care homes and has launched a provincewide ad campaign encouraging all Manitobans to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
For a list of vaccination locations, visit https://manitoba.ca/respiratoryviruses/vaccinefinder.html.
