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Brandon Regional Health Authority

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Formation
  
1998

Official language
  
English

Headquarters
  
Brandon, Manitoba

Chief Executive Officer
  
Brian Schoonbaert

Motto
  
A model region, responsive to the community through teamwork and a focus on "health."

Key people
  
Marg MacDonald (Chair of Board) Dr. Charles Penner (VP of Medical & Diagnostic Services) Janet Wilcox McKay (VP of Finance & Information Services) Bev Cumming (VP of Acute Care Services) Jason Marchand (VP of Human Resources & Support Services) Jayne Troop (VP of Community Services & Long Term Care) Susan Hunter (VP of Quality, Planning & Evaluation)

The Brandon Regional Health Authoriuty (BRHA) is the governing body for healthcare services in and around the City of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. The BRHA service area includes Brandon, Rural Municipality of Cornwallis, Rural Municipality of Elton, and Rural Municipality of Whitehead. Based on the 2001 Statistics Canada census, the BRHA served a population of 47,652. The BRHA also provides services to residents in southwestern Manitoba.

Contents

Inpatient care

  • Palliative Care
  • Intensive Care Unit
  • Medical & Surgical Units
  • Surgical Suite
  • Admission Procedures
  • Pre-Op Assessment Clinic
  • Mother & Baby Unit (Lactation Consultant and Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery)
  • Pediatrics
  • Rehabilitation
  • Waiting Placement/Supportive Care

    • Outpatient services

  • Cancer Program
  • Day Treatment
  • Day Surgery
  • Gastro-Intestinal (GI) Unit
  • Emergency/Observation Unit
  • Renal Unit (Hemodialysis)
  • Short Term Emergency Program (STEP)
  • Manitoba Breast Screening Program
  • Child Development Clinic

    • Clinics

  • Pain Management
  • Tobacco Dependence Program
  • Heart Program
  • Respiratory Clinic & Rehab Program
  • Cast Clinic
  • Ostomy & Wound Care

    • Diagnostic services

  • Respiratory Services (Sleep Disorder referrals)
  • Cardiac Diagnostics
  • Pacemaker Clinic
  • Imaging
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Ultrasound
  • CT Scan
  • MRI
  • X-Ray
  • Electroencephanlography (EEG)
  • Electrocardiography (ECG)

    • Rehabilitation services

  • Communications Disorders
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Neuropsychology Clinics
  • Physical Medicine Clinics

    • Supportive services

  • Home Care

    • BHRA governance

    The BHRA is run by a 13-member board of directors. Nominations for the board of directors are submitted to the Minister of Health. The Minister of Health appoints directors for a three-year term. The current BRHA directors are:

  • Marg MacDonald (Chair)
  • Alison McNeill-Hordern (Vice Chair)
  • Rita Blaikie
  • Charles Cuerrier
  • Barry French, ARHA Rep.
  • Karen Doty-Sweetnam
  • Jo-Anne Douglas
  • D.J. Scotty McIntosh
  • Terry Parlow
  • Al Patterson
  • Perry Roque
  • Barbara Anne Smith
  • Anne Todd
  • Roland Vodon

    • BRHA in the news

  • In 2005, the BRHA was criticized for a lack of medical specialists and slow recruitment for departing physicians.

    • References

    Brandon Regional Health Authority Wikipedia
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