Southern Health severely short-staffed
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This article was published 10/03/2022 (1316 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SOUTHERN Manitoba health care has been hit hard by staff shortages.
Freedom-of-information documents obtained by the Manitoba Liberals, show widespread staff shortages across the Southern Health region, with a 23.9 per cent vacancy rate as of Jan. 14, 2022.
There were particularly high vacancy rates for home-care programs in Carman, Portage la Prairie, Ste. Anne and Steinbach, with vacancies from 23 per cent to 42 per cent. Altona Health Centre Long Term care and Boyne Lodge in Carman had respective vacancy rates of 30 and 40 per cent.
Nurse positions in hospitals were running short.
The Ste. Anne hospital had a 31 per cent vacancy rate for registered nurses. The Portage la Prairie hospital had a 45 per cent vacancy rate for licenced practical nurses.
Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont questioned how patients are supposed to get quality care when staffing levels are only at about 75 per cent.
“During the pandemic, our health care system was overwhelmed and broke down, and it should not be a surprise when parts of it are only staffed at 75 per cent. The PCs knew this, and should have for a year – but even in this crisis, their main focus has still been cutting health care – in Winnipeg and across the province,” Lamont stated in a release.
“Keeping people healthy and alive is an investment, not a cost, and the PCs need to make investments.”
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