DAUPHIN — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says services continue to be restored to the flood-damaged hospital in Dauphin. He says that in recent weeks diagnostic services, including electrocardiograms and ultrasounds, have started to operate from their regular locations. The government says a temporary dialysis unit is also up and running and that a temporary chemotherapy area will be ready for patients starting this fall. The Dauphin Regional Health Centre was severely damaged by summer flooding, requiring a full evacuation of the building. The emergency department has been operating in a temporary location within the health centre since Labour Day, after the government pushed up the timeline for its reopening. Kinew, speaking in Dauphin, says the government fired the professionals who said it couldn’t be reopened by his deadline and that he’s was proud of everyone who helped make it happen. He didn’t provide a timeline on when the government expects the restoration to be done.
