Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister toured Flin Flon General Hospital’s new 27.1 million dollars emergency department yesterday.  He says their goal is to help people access better health care sooner adding people were tired of waiting or tired of being in an environment that wasn’t conducive to them getting the care sooner and now they’ll get that care and it’s also a better environment for people who work in the system too as it’s a lot more spacious, a lot more friendly and a lot more likely to introduce healing and recovery for the patients who use it.

Health Region CEO Helga Bryant had praise for the planning and commitment of staff, their patient advisory group and the community who raised 2.4 million dollars through the Northern Health Foundation.  Health Minister Cameron Friesen added it will put the hospital in a strong position to attract and retain health care providers. The new facility includes four stretcher bays, two treatment rooms, a procedure room, a trauma room, a family consult room, an isolation room, an intravenous therapy room, a more efficient waiting room and a decontamination unit.