MNU President Sandi Mowat recently toured facilities in the South Eastman Regional Health Authority, talking to nurses and regional executive about their issues and concerns – fulfilling her pledge to visit every Region before the Annual General Meeting, happening this April in Winnipeg.

Left: At Villa Youville in Ste. Anne (l-r) Tracy Bassa, Board Member for the Eastman Region; France La Fleche, Local 133 President; Barb Beaudry, Regional President, South Eastman

Centre: Sister Youville – immortalized in stained glass

Right: CRN Janet Mourant gives Sandi Mowat the tour of Villa Youville.

Laurent Courcelles (left) and Wendy Desrochers (center), Ste. Anne Hospital

Left: Jennifer Jaworski, Local 126 President St. Pierre

Centre: (l-r) Sandi Mowat, MNU President; Carrie Funk, Vice-President St. Pierre; Jennifer Jaworski, President St. Pierre; Barb Beaudry, Regional President; Tracy Bassa, Board Member for Eastman

Top Right: Janet Chobotar, Vita Hospital

Bottom Right: Esther Heier, Secretary Treasurer, Menno Home, Grunthal

Left: Sandi Mowat at Bethesda Hospital in Steinbach, with Patrick Enns, a recent graduate of Assiniboine College

Centre: Bev Dueck, Cancer Care, Bethesda Hospital, Steinbach

Right: Linda Pollock, Andrea Dueck (a nursing student doing her senior practicum at Bethesda) and Sandi Mowat

Helen Bartel (left) and Heidi Donohoe (right), Bethesda Hospital

Centre: Helen and Heidi with Renate McGowan, Local President, Bethesda Hospital and Provincial Collective Bargaining Committee (PCBC) Member for Eastman (North & South)

Sandi is invited to attend a meeting of the Bethesda Local 101, led by Local President, Renate McGowan

The Bethesda Hospital chapel features these stained glass windows which incorporate imagery of the Bethesda and Steinbach names – which mean healing pool and stony brook, respectively