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Ex Manitoba nurse exposes health-care problems
['Steven Sukkau Local Journalism Initiative', 'Steven Sukkau']
Brandon Sun
A former Manitoba nurse is using social media to shed light on what she describes as growing cracks in the province’s health-care system, drawing hundreds of thousands of viewers and sparking important conversations in the process.
Katrina Koop spent more than a decade working across Manitoba’s health-care system, from hospital units and private nursing to agency, infusion clinics and flight nursing.
“I just wanted to make the world a better place,” Katrina said of her decision to enter nursing in 2008.
Instead, she recorded a video explaining how she said the health-care system operates behind the scenes and why staffing shortages are more serious than headline numbers suggest.
Katrina’s following, which pre-dated her health-care advocacy, has grown rapidly as her focus shifted to system issues that affect everyday Manitobans.