This is a page from the 2023 Manitoba general election.
Healthcare platforms
Here's what the candidates in Kildonan-River East, and their parties, are promising.Cancer care
Cardiac care
We don't have any Liberal policies on Cardiac care.
NDP
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Create a Centre of Excellence for cardiac care at St. Boniface hospital
We don't have any PC policies on Cardiac care.
Diabetes
Drugs and addiction
Liberal
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Have the Liquor, Gaming, and Cannabis Authority prosecute illicit cannabis sales
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"Crack down" on online illicit drug sales
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Fund a 24/7 addictions treatment referral line
NDP
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Establish a supervised consumption site in downtown Winnipeg
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Pass an Unexplained Wealth Act to target drug traffickers
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Expand detox beds
PC
Emergency wait-times
We don't have any Liberal policies on Emergency wait-times.
NDP
We don't have any PC policies on Emergency wait-times.
Health staffing
Liberal
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Offer pro-rated $10K bonuses to public system nurses and health professionals
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Offer a pro-rated $5K bonus to Healthcare Workers and Team Members, including homecare workers
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Offer a separate pro-rated $10K bonus to nurses and health professionals who return to the public system
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Build a new lecture hall at the Health Sciences Centre
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Provide a 20% tax credit for healthcare workers' shoes and gowns
NDP
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Hire 400 more physicians in 5 years
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Provide continuing education for nurse practitioners
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"Kinew said if his party forms government on October 3rd, he will commit to an ambitious health care recruitment plan. He promised to hire back the 300 nurses to make up for the 300 nurses Heather Stefanson cut from Winnipeg, a corresponding commitment for rural and northern nurse staffing and he committed to Doctors Manitoba’s target of hiring 400 more physicians. He also committed to hiring more paramedics, home care workers and personal care home staff. This plan will cost $500 million dollars over four years." — mbndp.ca, 2023-08-27
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PC
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Invest $120M into a permanent health-care worker recruitment and retention fund
Healthcare governance & transparency
Liberal
We don't have any NDP policies on Healthcare governance & transparency.
We don't have any PC policies on Healthcare governance & transparency.
Hospitals
We don't have any Liberal policies on Hospitals.
NDP
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Create a Centre of Excellence for joint surgery at the Concordia hospital
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Add an MRI machine at the Thompson Hospital
We don't have any PC policies on Hospitals.
Mental health
Palliative care
Liberal
We don't have any NDP policies on Palliative care.
We don't have any PC policies on Palliative care.
Prenatal and postnatal care
Primary care
Rural healthcare
Seniors' health and services
Sexual and reproductive health
Women's health
We don't have any Liberal policies on Women's health.
NDP
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Reopen the Mature Women's Centre at the Victoria Hospital
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Expand coverage for more menopause hormone therapy drugs
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Create a Centre of Excellence for Women's Health at the Victoria Hospital
We don't have any PC policies on Women's health.