Uzoma Asagwara
NDP candidate in the Union Station Winnipeg race.
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‘Game changers’: province offers doctors $268-M funding bump, new billing options
20 July 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...for the upcoming day. Sign Up I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Opposition NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara said the new agreement will not reverse years of government austerity and the province’s massive physician shortage. More than 400 doctors are...
Le Manitoba offre 268 M$ de plus sur 4 ans aux médecins de la province
20 July 2023
Ici Radio Canada / CBC Francais - ...manitobains, précise que l’accord doit encore être ratifié par les médecins du Manitoba. Porte-parole néo-démocrate en matière de santé, Uzoma Asagwara, souligne pour sa part que cette hausse du financement survient alors que la province a connu, en 2022, la pire pénurie de médecins jamais...
Province’s 10-year Keewatin Air medevac deal produces political turbulence
19 July 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS) took on an expanded role to provide adult air ambulance services. Opposition NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara said the decision to award Keewatin Air the contract is concerning, alleging patients have been put at risk and the quality of care has been...
‘There’s no treatment when someone dies’ – Winnipeg Free Press
19 July 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...community is a positive thing,” he said. When the provincial government proposed Bill 33, the Addiction Services Act, in March, NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara said many harm-reduction organizations were thrown into survival mode. The legislation would require supervised drug consumption sites, addiction...
Manitoba to build 6 new care homes, pilot supported living program for seniors
7 July 2023
CBC Manitoba - ...of one of the province's deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks. "That's this government's real record: cuts, lies and broken promises," NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara said in a statement. Supported living program The province also announced a pilot program Friday to help seniors who don't require a personal care...
Private nursing costs Manitoba $60M
6 July 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...the public system,” Lamont said. The escalating cost of hiring agency nurses in PMH is a deliberate choice, Lamont argued. NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara described the spending as “out of control.” The money would have been better spent bringing nurses back into the public health system, the Union...
Donations fund specialized MRI for Manitoba
6 July 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...ongoing efforts to recruit and retain radiation oncologists, medical physicists and other highly skilled staff,” Gordon said. NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara said the investment was made only after multiple cuts to cancer treatment under the Tory government. MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Health...
More staff losses limit forensic nurse examiner program
3 July 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...office did not respond to a request for comment. Last month, Gordon said the program would be fully staffed this summer. NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara said the staffing setback shows the government’s inability to follow through on it commitments. “By their own targets, they’re falling way...
Brandon, Man. to shutter city’s only walk-in clinic – Winnipeg
26 June 2023
Global News - ...to blame. “We’ve heard all about the healing of health care in Manitoba but there’s no way to manage it,” she said. NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara agreed. “It’s a direct result of the failings of this government to lead health care in a way that puts people first,” they said Monday...
New operating room at Concordia Hospital open
23 June 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...said in the statement. The Concordia Hospital Foundation speerheaded fundraising for the project, raising over $350,000. However, opposition critic Uzoma Asagwara noted the delay in opening the operating room, which was initially announced to open in December 2022, resulted in at least 171 cancelled surgeries...