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Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

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Official language
  
English, French

Website
  
www.wrha.mb.ca

Founded
  
1998

Chief Executive Officer
  
Lori Lamont (interim)

Headquarters
  
Winnipeg, Canada

Staff
  
27000

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Formation
  
1998; 19 years ago (1998)

Key people
  
John Wade (Chair of Board) Milton Sussman (Chief Operating Officer) Brock Wright (VP & Chief Medical Officer) Jan Currie (Chief Nursing Officer) Réal Cloutier (VP, Long Term Care)

CEO
  
Milton Sussman (15 Oct 2015–)

Motto
  
"to promote and protect health and well being by delivering and managing health services"

Profiles

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The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is the governing body for healthcare regulation for the city of Winnipeg, the Rural Municipalities of East St. Paul and West St. Paul, and the town of Churchill in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Established in December 1999, the WRHA is one of five Regional Health Authorities in Manitoba responsible for coordinating health services in designated regions.

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The WRHA is composed of health care providers and management professionals who coordinate, manage, deliver, allocate funds to and evaluate health care and health promotion in Winnipeg. The WRHA reports through a Board of Directors directly to the Minister of Health, they are equally accountable to the public. The WRHA receives funding from the Government of Manitoba each year to pay for health service delivery in Winnipeg. The WRHA is divided into 12 community areas for the purpose aiding the delivery of health services. In October 2008, WRHA was named one of Manitoba's Top Employers, which was announced by the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper.

Tertiary Hospitals

  • Health Sciences Centre
  • The Children's Hospital
  • St. Boniface General Hospital
  • Community Hospitals

  • Concordia Hospital
  • Grace Hospital
  • Seven Oaks General Hospital
  • Victoria General Hospital
  • Health Centres

  • Deer Lodge Centre
  • Misericordia Health Centre
  • Riverview Health Centre
  • St. Amant Centre
  • Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg
  • Churchill

    In 2012, the provincial government merged the provinces 11 RHAs into five. As part of this reorganization, the Churchill Regional Health Authority, which oversees health care for the town of Churchill, Manitoba and communities in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, was merged with the WRHA. The Churchill Region now operates as a division of the WRHA.

    References

    Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Wikipedia