Nurses at the Thompson General Hospital overwhelmingly voted to grey list the facility.

Darlene Jackson, President of the Manitoba Nurses Union, said this action follows repeated and unsolved concerns regarding workplace safety and security.

In 2024 alone, the RCMP were called to the hospital over 550 times in response to violence in the facility, culminating in a shooting in the hospital’s chapel last Christmas Eve.

Before the vote results were in, a spokesperson for the Northern Health Region announced action already taken included creating new positions for Security Access Guards and a Regional Security Officer role, with work underway to hire new Institutional Safety Officers.

Planning is also underway to implement secure and monitored access for the Thompson General Hospital facility, that will take effect December 1st.

Jackson commented, saying it is unfortunate that it takes a grey listing to get the Employer and the Government to do the right thing.