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$42.4-MILLION INVESTMENT TO REDUCE WAITS FOR ORTHOPEDIC,
DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, CARDIAC, SLEEP SERVICES.
More than $11.5 million in funding will be used to enhance diagnostic imaging services
including:
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installing a temporary, mobile MRI to decrease waits at the Health Sciences Centre in
Winnipeg,
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expanding the volume of MRI services in Winnipeg,
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expanding ultrasound hours throughout Winnipeg,
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adding a new ultrasound machine in Portage la Prairie and new staff to reduce ultrasound
wait times in the central region,
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supporting improved diagnostic imaging patient flow and work flow, and
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implementing enhanced service hours and on-call CT and ultrasound services throughout
the province.
More than $11.5 million in funding will be used to improve orthopedic services including:
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adding hundreds of hip and knee replacements at Grace General Hospital, Concordia
Hospital and Seven Oaks General Hospital in Winnipeg and at Boundary Trails Hospital in
Morden/Winkler;
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introducing a shoulder-replacement day-surgery program at Winnipeg’s Pan Am Clinic;
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expanding the implementation of a central intake for joint replacement services in the
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and supporting improved patient flow;
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funding enhanced joint replacement prosthetics and orthopedic trauma coverage in the
Regional Health Authority  Central Manitoba;
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introducing a surgical assistant in the central region to support orthopedic emergency
services; and
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supporting patients who wish to have their surgery transferred from surgeons with long
waits to surgeons with shorter waits.
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More than $17.2 million will support improved cardiac care including:
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expanding cardiac surgeries by an additional day per week,
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increasing the number of beds dedicated to cardiac surgeries to support increased
surgeries and critical-care capacity,
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expanding cardiac catheterization services,
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increasing echocardiography volumes at St. Boniface Hospital and the Health Sciences
Centre by 3,000 cases per year,
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introducing an echocardiography service at Maples Surgical Centre for one year to perform
3,000 cases,
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increasing echocardiography volumes by more than 1,000 cases per year in Brandon, and
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supporting improved patient flow and work flow processing.
More than $2 million will be invested to increase sleep-disorder equipment funding to provide
treatment equipment to 2,140 additional patients per year.