Minor injury and illness clinics to open at Grace, Misericordia hospitals in fall, province says

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Peggy

New minor injury and illness clinics will open at the Misericordia and Grace hospitals in Winnipeg this fall, the Manitoba government says.

The province has issued a request for private provider proposals to run publicly funded minor injury and illness clinics at the two hospitals.

The Grace Hospital clinic, which will be at the current Access Winnipeg West walk-in clinic, is scheduled to open in September, and the Misericordia Hospital clinic will open in the former urgent care centre in fall, the province said in two news releases Thursday. The Misericordia’s former urgent care centre was closed in 2017.

The clinics will run similarly to a minor injury and illness clinic that’s scheduled to open in Brandon in September, both news releases said. The news release about the Grace clinic also said it will run similarly to the minor injury and illness clinic on Corydon Avenue in Winnipeg.

Both clinics will offer the option of walk-in appointments or booking same or next-day appointments online. They will operate seven days a week with extended hours, the news releases said.

The Misericordia clinic will have doctors and other health-care professionals who will provide non-emergency acute care services and support for minor health concerns, the news release said.

The Grace clinic will also have doctors and provide primary care services and support for minor health concerns, including minor injuries, that news release said. The Grace Hospital still has an emergency department for more urgent issues.

A request for proposals for management and operation of the clinic for three years, with a two-year option, was posted online Thursday, with a closing date of Aug. 28.

The Access Winnipeg West walk-in currently has registered nurses and nurse practitioners Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and weekends and holidays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.