Premier Wab Kinew and Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara met with more than 120 front-line health-care workers at Health Sciences Centre (HSC) Winnipeg last night to hear their concerns, experiences and ideas on the sixth stop of their health-care listening tour.

 

“After listening to the amazing team at HSC Winnipeg, it’s crystal clear that we have to step up our game when it comes to keeping our health-care workers safe and sound,” said Kinew. “As we continue our listening tour, we continue to hear feedback from front-line workers about how we can improve patient care, lower wait times and make the system a better place to work. That feedback informs the decisions we make as a government every day – including our vision for the future of health care. I want to thank all the workers who have the taken time to share their thoughts with us. Together, we can fix health care.”

 

Kinew and Asagwara noted the HSC Winnipeg stop on the health-care listening tour was their largest attended event yet.

 

“We can’t fix health care without working with and listening to health-care workers,” said Asagwara. “HSC Winnipeg is a pillar in our health-care system, providing complex and specialized care to those that need it most. The concerns and experiences we heard last night will inform our creative solutions moving forward. I look forward to what we will accomplish together.”

 

The in-person listening tour will continue over the next few months with stops in rural Manitoba at Bethesda Regional Health Centre in Steinbach and Thompson General Hospital. More locations will be added in the future, noted the minister.

 

Health-care workers can anonymously share their experiences, current views of the health-care system, thoughts on work-life balance and suggestions on how to improve Manitoba’s health care through EngageMB at https://engagemb.ca/listeningtothefrontline.