Everyone deserves access to quality health care.
The COVID-19 pandemic put unprecedented stress on the provincial health care system, resulting in longer wait times for many critical services. The Manitoba government is committed to:
- restore and improve the system, so that patients get the care they need sooner
- build capacity within the province to reduce backlogs
- send some patients to approved health facilities out-of-province for care
What follows are stories submitted by actual Manitobans. Hear from patients who are sharing their personal experiences with diagnostic and surgical procedures and their path to recovery.
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Dulce Creighton
My name is Dulce Creighton and I live in Winnipeg. I was diagnosed with cancer in September 2021, on my 43rd birthday. I waited four months for my cancer screening tests. I appreciate that throughout the pandemic, cancer diagnostics were prioritized and kept on schedule. However, many other procedures were delayed. I was very fortunate […]
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Lenuse Paul
The first time I heard about the blockages in my heart was in May 2021. They told me I needed a triple bypass and an aortic valve replacement. I’m normally an active retired guy. I live on a big property in Roblin, 60 miles west of Dauphin, and do chores around the property, like roto-tillering […]
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Jeannette Vandal
I’m a 63-year-old retired educational assistant from Winnipeg who recently had knee surgery in north-west Ontario. My story begins about 10 years ago when my knees started to ache all the time. The doctor told me that both of my knees had osteoarthritis, a deterioration in the bones. For several years I was able to […]
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Sharmila Sukhan
I’m a Winnipeg-based teacher and my story begins back in 2016 when I discovered I had kidney stones. Over the past year, I’ve received several treatments. The doctors I worked with did everything they could to provide options that would address the kidney stones.
