Manitoba's Premier came to Dauphin today to announce a plan of expansion for the Dauphin Regional Health Center.
In a press conference today, Premier Wab Kinew, joined by Minister Ron Kostyshyn, and Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced plans to expand the DHRC's capacity and their cancer care efforts.
The Dauphin Health Center has recently seen expansions in its cancer care ward and endoscopy units, and Kinew says more is on the way.
"In addition to the specific services that I'm talking about here, at the Dauphin Health Center, we'll be adding 9 new beds. This is going to be a significant enhancement in inpatient capacity and it's one helps the folks that need access to those beds, but it also helps the over facility to run more efficiently"
These nine new beds would also include the staffing to maintain them.
Premier Kinew also noted that more training programs for nursing, similar to the one provided through the Assiniboine Community College in Neepawa, are on the way to work toward increasing the number of rural healthcare workers.
As well, the Premier offered an insight into what's next in this plan, which could look like a bridging program through ACC that could let practical nurses upgrade to Registered nurses online.
