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Province seeking input into the health needs of women

By: Staff Writer

Posted: 01/15/2009 2:09 PM | Comments: 0 (including replies)

The Doer government wants advice from the public on the health needs of women, the province said today.

Health Minister Theresa Oswald, Labour Minister Nancy Allan and Healthy Living Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross said the information will be used to update the province’s women’s health strategy created in 2001.

Meetings, facilitated by the Women’s Health Clinic, will be held over the next two months throughout the province.

The dates are:

Jan. 22: Dauphin – 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Boardroom, Community Health Services Building, 625 Third Ave. SW, attached to the hospital;
Jan. 26: Beausejour – 7 to 9 p.m., Multi-purpose Room, East Gate Lodge Personal Care Home, 626 James Ave.;
Jan. 27: Southport, Portage – 6:30 to 9 p.m., Boardroom, Central Regional Health Authority Office, 180 Centennaire Dr.;
Jan. 29: Steinbach – 5 to 7:30 p.m., meeting room, Smitty’s Restaurant, 5 Park Rd.;
Feb. 9: Winnipeg – 5:30 to 8 p.m., auditorium, Norquay Building, 401 York Ave.;
Feb. 17: Gimli – 5 to 7 p.m., Multi-purpose room, Gimli Community Health Centre, 120 Sixth Ave.;
Feb. 18: Thompson – time and location to be announced;
Feb. 19: Churchill – 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., location to be announced;
Feb. 28: Brandon – 2:30 to 5 p.m., Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave.;
March 2: The Pas – 6 to 9 p.m., Health Complex, St. Anthony’s Hospital, 61 First Street W.;
March 2: Flin Flon – (via Telehealth link), 6 to 9 p.m., Flin Flon General Hospital, Third Avenue and Church Street; and
March 2: Snow Lake – (via Telehealth link), 6 to 9 p.m., Snow Lake Health Centre, 100 Lakeshore Dr. E.

Updated details will be posted on the website as they become available.

Manitobans can also submit their views and opinions in an online submission to www.gov.mb.ca/health/women/whs.html or by fax to 204-943-3844 (attention: Madeline Boscoe).

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