Theresa Oswald

RHA Dept: Manitoba's 11 regional health authorities, seeing the writing on the wall, have agreed to a series of mergers that will reduce their numbers to five, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Oswald introduced legislation last week to institute a series of money-saving RHA amalgamations and several other health-authority reforms. The government hopes the mergers will save $10 million in administration costs over the next three years as 35 positions are eliminated. It has vowed the moves will not affect patient care and mike Deal / Theresa Oswald: RHAs proactive In an interview at the Free Press News Cafe on Tuesday, Health Minister Theresa Oswald announced the boards of all 11 RHAs had already OK'd a government health-care rationalization plan unveiled in the April 17 provincial budget. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.