Winnipeg, Health Sciences Centre

Patient dies in ER of Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre
Host Marcy Markusa speaks with Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO of CanAge, a national seniors' advocacy group focused on patient safety and rights, about the Winnipeg ER death and the broader implications for health-care services and patient care.
Manitoba’s health minister wants hospital death investigated as critical incident
Manitoba’s health minister is asking for the recent death of a man waiting for care in a Winnipeg hospital’s emergency department to be investigated as a critical incident.
Health officials investigating death of man who waited hours in crowded Winnipeg emergency room
A patient died while waiting eight hours for care at Health Sciences Centre's emergency department in Winnipeg Tuesday morning. Dr. Shawn Young, HSC's chief operating officer, said the middle-aged man was a 'low acuity' patient who was brought to the emergency room by ambulance shortly after midnight.
Death of man waiting for care at Health Sciences Centre ER being investigated as critical incident
The province says a critical incident investigation is being launched into the death of a middle-aged man who was waiting for care at a Winnipeg hospital emergency room on Tuesday morning.
Critical incident review launched into death of man who waited in Winnipeg ER
The Manitoba government says a review is being launched into the death of a man who waited eight hours in a Winnipeg emergency department, but it's not clear how much of the review will be made public.
Death at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre ER raises questions about capacity issues, wait room protocols
The death of a middle-aged man who spent about eight hours waiting for care at a Winnipeg emergency department has some ...
Manitoba health minister calls emergency room patient death a ‘devastating loss’
Asagwara promised the man's death on Tuesday morning will be treated as a critical incident, with the 'highest level of ...
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Health officials report a death in a Winnipeg hospital emergency department
WINNIPEG — Health officials are investigating a death at a Winnipeg hospital. Officials at the Health Sciences Centre say a ...
Trust in health-care system takes another hit after man's death following long wait in Winnipeg ER
A Winnipeg woman who trained as a doctor in the Philippines says she doesn't trust the Manitoba health care system after ...
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Patient dies in Health Sciences Centre ER waiting room
A patient died in the waiting room at Health Sciences Centre’s adult emergency department Tuesday morning, a Shared Health spokesperson confirmed. The death and the circumstances around it ...
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First baby of 2025 revealed by London Health Sciences Centre
London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) announced the first baby of the New Year was born at 12:05 a.m. on Wednesday.
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$1M alumni gift from Henry and the late Sylvia Wong fuels advancements in health sciences
At the university where they met as students and fell in love, Henry Wong, MD ’73, and the late Sylvia Wong, BA ’69, have ...