{"id":489908,"date":"2026-02-21T12:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/489908\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:29:12","slug":"nurses-discouraged-from-working-at-winnipeg-hospital-due-to-safety-concerns-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/489908\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurses discouraged from working at Winnipeg hospital due to safety concerns &#8211; Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-byline__image\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"68\" width=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771676949_938_author-placeholder.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy \tThe Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted February 20, 2026 8:12 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Nurses at Manitoba\u2019s second-largest hospital have declared it too dangerous to work in and are discouraging union members from accepting jobs or shifts there.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Manitoba Nurses Union says 94 per cent of its members at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg have voted in favour of what they call \u201cgrey listing\u201d the facility due to serious safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Union president Darlene Jackson says members are tired of working in an environment where security issues are acknowledged but not being resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Among safety measures the union is calling for are the installation of panic alarms, appropriate screening at entrances, and shuttles for staff to and from the parkade.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11676795\/tumbler-ridge-school-shooter-chatgpt-account-flagged-banned-openai\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771676951_540_Jesse-Strang-Van-Rootselaar-Photo-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTumbler Ridge shooter\u2019s ChatGPT activity flagged internally 7 months before tragedy\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11674033\/virginia-giuffre-prince-andrew-arrest-jeffrey-epstein\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771676952_922_GettyImages-1164395247.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tVirginia Giuffre\u2019s family responds to Andrew arrest: \u2018He was never a prince\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the third time in seven months members have voted to grey list a hospital, with Winnipeg\u2019s Health Sciences Centre and Thompson General Hospital getting the designation last year.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The province recently announced it plans to hire more security, including five new positions in Thompson, and will be expanding a security app that provides safety alerts to employees to more hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Health<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 20, 2026 8:12 pm 1 min read Descrease article 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