The HSC Foundation’s Operation Excellence campaign and new spine program will reduce wait times for patients awaiting consultation and those needing surgery
The Stryker Q-Guidance system and Ziehm intraoperative 3D imaging system work together to make spinal surgery more precise. These pieces of equipment were funded by donations to the HSC Foundation’s Operation Excellence campaign.
Manitobans requiring acute spinal care are now being treated sooner thanks to a new provincial spine program.
The advancement is supported by the HSC Foundation’s Operation Excellence fundraising campaign, as well as an over $12 million investment from the Manitoba government.
The new spine program will reduce long wait times for consultations with spinal surgeons, establish centralized wait lists, and co-ordinate complex levels of care across a multitude of care providers, diagnostic imaging, and operative resources throughout the province.
Since June 2023, three spinal surgeons have been recruited to Manitoba—two in Winnipeg and one in Brandon.
L-R: Dr. Ed Buchel, Surgery Site Director, HSC Winnipeg; Uzoma Asagwara, Deputy Premier of Manitoba and Minister of Health, Seniors and Long-term Care; and Jonathon Lyon, President and Chief Executive Officer, HSC Foundation.
“It’s notable that new surgeons have been attracted here by the steps we are taking through Operation Excellence and in partnership with all stakeholders. Surgeons and other health care professionals want to go where they can do their best work,” says Jonathon Lyon, President and CEO, HSC Foundation.
To learn more about Operation Excellence, please visit OperationExcellence.ca.
