{"id":99999,"date":"2017-04-26T23:11:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T03:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=99999"},"modified":"2017-05-02T15:41:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T19:41:09","slug":"nurses-rally-against-health-cuts-in-winnipeg-say-they-worry-for-patient-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/26\/nurses-rally-against-health-cuts-in-winnipeg-say-they-worry-for-patient-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurses rally against health cuts in Winnipeg, say they worry for patient care"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_100005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100005\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/8665391139_46942e50af_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100005\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/8665391139_46942e50af_z.jpg\" alt=\"The nurses union said they are concerned patient care could be compromised by reductions to front-line services. (Photo: Chris Brown\/ Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/8665391139_46942e50af_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/8665391139_46942e50af_z-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The nurses union said they are concerned patient care could be compromised by reductions to front-line services. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zoonabar\"> Chris Brown\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WINNIPEG \u2013Hundreds of nurses gathered at the Manitoba legislature protesting cuts to health services.<\/p>\n<p>The rally on Wednesday afternoon brought attention to the recent closures of emergency room departments and other healthcare cuts.<\/p>\n<p>The nurses union said they are concerned patient care could be compromised by reductions to front-line services.<\/p>\n<p>The province has directed all departments to eliminate 15 per cent of management positions.<\/p>\n<p>It has also told the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority to cut their annual budget by three per cent or $83 million.<\/p>\n<p>Three of Winnipeg&#8217;s six emergency rooms are closing down, which the province says will improve patient care and reduce hospital wait times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not yet figured out how that&#8217;s going to happen,\u201d said Sandi Mowatt, president of the Manitoba Nurses Union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully (the province) will agree to talk to us. It&#8217;s important that they actually listen to what the front-liners are telling them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tories have repeatedly promised not to cut any front-line positions, despite the ambitious fiscal and restructuring goals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WINNIPEG \u2013Hundreds of nurses gathered at the Manitoba legislature protesting cuts to health services. The rally on Wednesday afternoon brought &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":100005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,37,16],"tags":[18409,1681,6139],"class_list":["post-99999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-health","category-news","tag-health-cuts","tag-nurses","tag-rally","mauthors-sue-bailey","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}