Eight more people have been diagnosed with mumps in the last 10 days as the Manitoba mumps outbreak spreads. CBC | Health News
Tag: Manitoba
Manitoba takes step to negotiate health-care deal with Ottawa
Manitoba’s premier has sent Ottawa a letter laying out its conditions for signing a federal health-care deal. CBC | Health News
Mumps outbreak prompts warning to Manitoba parents
The province is warning parents and guardians to watch out for signs of mumps now that the outbreak has spread throughout Manitoba, including to pre-schools and schools. CBC | Health News
‘She was actually burning from it,’ Manitoba mom says about toddler’s cast removal
A mother from Sandy Bay First Nation in Manitoba is worried her two-year-old daughter may be scarred for life after a cast removal at Portage District General Hospital left her arm covered in burns and the child terrified of strangers. CBC | Health News
Number of mumps cases in Manitoba doubles; outbreak expected to continue for months
The number of mumps cases in Manitoba has more than doubled since the outbreak started in late 2016, and the outbreak is gaining speed rather than slowing down. CBC | Health News
Manitoba chief loses cousin to suicide while in Ottawa to discuss crisis
A chief representing 30 Manitoba First Nations has lost her own cousin to suicide, a startling coincidence given she is in Ottawa this week to meet with senior government officials about the mental health crisis in northern and remote Indigenous communities. CBC | Health News
Manitoba man stuck with $118K in medical bills after emergency surgery in U.S.
A Manitoba man is calling for the province to pay $ 118,000 in medical bills for emergency heart surgery he says he was forced to get in the U.S. as he waited for the province to airlift him to a Winnipeg hospital. CBC | Health News
