Flu season is knocking on Manitoba's door and provincial officials say the health-care system is more ready than it has been in years.

Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said the province has added approximately 3,400 net new health-care workers since being elected in October 2023 , while also adding 323 beds in that time.

Another 34 beds will be opened soon, Asagwara added, noting the government is pushing for those to be available by the end of 2025, but for sure by the end of the fiscal year in spring.

Of the 323 newest beds, 10 have been added to intensive care units in Winnipeg — six at the Health Sciences Centre Children’s Hospital, two at St. Boniface Hospital and two at Grace Hospital — since April 2025.

The other beds for general medicine, surgical and transitional care, are

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