Manitoba news: the Dauphin Hospital Flood Recovery hit a run of milestones this week, with diagnostics back in their regular rooms, dialysis running again and chemotherapy patients receiving treatment closer to home after a summer flood knocked Dauphin Regional Health Centre sideways.
The Dauphin Hospital Flood Recovery has restored electrocardiograms and ultrasound to their regular locations, added diagnostic imaging and cardiac stress testing, and reopened dialysis on November 2 and chemotherapy this fall. The emergency department still works from a temporary spot inside the hospital while ground floor repairs continue.
By Maplestime News Desk | Winnipeg, Manitoba | November 11, 2026
Sources: Province of Manitoba | Last updated: November 11, 2026
Key Takeaways
- Diagnostics back home: electrocardiograms and ultrasound are operating from their regular locations again, with additional diagnostic imaging and cardiac stress testing now available.
- Dialysis restored: a temporary renal dialysis unit at the Dauphin Community Health Services building is operational, with dialysis restored effective November 2, 2026.
- Chemo closer to home: a temporary chemotherapy area at Grandview Health Centre was renovated, with patients beginning treatment this fall after a transition that began October 19, 2026.
- Emergency still displaced: the emergency department has operated from a temporary location inside the hospital since Labour Day, September 7, and ground floor remediation continues.
- What is next: accessible washrooms for the emergency department are expected to open in the coming weeks, and a virtual physician care pilot is underway for the Ste. Rose emergency department.
How is the Dauphin Hospital Flood Recovery progressing?
Premier Wab Kinew and Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara visited Dauphin Regional Health Centre on November 10 to mark the progress, months after flood damage earlier this summer forced services out of their usual rooms and, in some cases, out of the building entirely. The visit was a progress report, not a finish line, but the list of services back in place is now long enough to matter for patients across western Manitoba.
Diagnostic services led the recovery. Electrocardiograms and ultrasound are once again operating from their regular locations within the health centre, and additional diagnostic imaging services and cardiac stress testing are now available. For patients who spent the summer travelling for tests, that is care coming back to where it belongs.
Dauphin Lake, Manitoba. Photo: Jasonbook99, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What care is back, and what is still displaced?
Dialysis is back. A temporary renal dialysis unit has been established at the Dauphin Community Health Services building and is now operational, with dialysis restored effective November 2, 2026. For patients who need dialysis several times a week, a working unit in Dauphin means hours of travel saved every single week.
Chemotherapy is back too, in a new temporary home. Renovations for a temporary chemotherapy treatment area at Grandview Health Centre were completed, and patients began treatment this fall after a transition that began October 19, 2026. Cancer care close to home matters in a way that is hard to overstate when treatment already takes everything out of a person.
The emergency department is the service still waiting. It has remained operational in a temporary location within the health centre since Labour Day, September 7, and significant remediation work continues on the ground floor. Accessible washrooms serving the emergency department are expected to open in the coming weeks.
What happens next for patients in the Parkland?
Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said every service restored is another step toward returning more care closer to home for patients and families in western Manitoba, and thanked the health care teams who adapted through the recovery while continuing to provide high quality care.
Work is also underway to pilot a virtual physician care program in the Ste. Rose emergency department, aimed at keeping emergency services available in a small community that struggles to staff them. Prairie Mountain Health CEO Treena Slate called the centre the region’s second largest regional acute care centre, and said clinical and operational teams are already evaluating which restoration phases can roll out next.
Restoration continues throughout the health centre, and the province says further updates will come as recovery efforts progress. The flood took services away in a summer. Getting them back, room by room, is the slow work of the fall.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is dialysis available in Dauphin again?
Yes. A temporary renal dialysis unit at the Dauphin Community Health Services building is operational, with dialysis restored effective November 2, 2026.
Where are chemotherapy patients being treated?
In a renovated temporary chemotherapy treatment area at Grandview Health Centre. Patients began treatment this fall after a transition that began October 19, 2026.
Is the Dauphin emergency department back in its regular location?
Not yet. It has operated from a temporary location inside the health centre since Labour Day, September 7, while ground floor remediation continues.
The I.H. Asper Clinical Research Institute in Winnipeg. Photo: Samsmachado, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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