St. Boniface Hospital hosted the Honourable Kelvin Goertzen, Minister of Health, Seniors and Active Living this morning.
In addition to visiting the Hospital, the Minister met with Dr. Grant Pierce, St. Boniface Hospital Executive Director of Research, who hosted the research part of the tour.
The tour was also attended by Milton Sussman, President and CEO, WRHA; Dr. Bruce Roe, President and CEO, St. Boniface Hospital; Charles Lafléche, President and CEO, St. Boniface Hospital Foundation; James Downey, Director of the Board, St. Boniface Hospital Foundation; Daniel Lussier, Executive Director, Catholic Health Corporation of Manitoba.
After an overview presentation of the research within the Albrechtsen Research Centre, the group visited the Agri-Health Metabolomics Laboratory (Dr. Michel Aliani) and the I.H. Asper Clinical Research Institute.