Two Dauphin nurses have been censured by Manitoba’s regulatory college after they ordered a handivan to transport a newborn to Winnipeg instead of waiting for an ambulance.

The College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba entered formal censures into the disciplinary records of Melissa Zepp, a nurse who was working as program services manager at the Dauphin Regional Health Centre on Oct. 5, 2024, and Brittany Gamache, a nurse who agreed to accompany the infant after being contacted at home that day by the mother of the eight-day-old infant.

The college’s complaints investigation committee said the actions were “a blatant disregard for public safety” and “had the potential to seriously harm the patient as well as the profession.”

The committee said the baby was taken to hospital on Oct. 5, 2

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