Manitoba government announces new rural cancercare hubs, new front-line staff for faster cancer testing, treatment

To ensure cancer patients receive the fastest treatment in Canada, the provincial government in Manitoba is adding 50 new health professionals and launching four new regional CancerCare hubs, Premier Greg Selinger has announced. Building on the first CancerCare hub launched in Morden/Winkler in 2011, the four new hubs are part of an expansion of 16 rural chemotherapy sites throughout the province, said Selinger. The four new hubs, which will be opened over the next year, will better co-ordinate testing, referrals, diagnosis and treatment for rural Manitobans. Read more here.