Caller: 788 8588

Received call asking if I refused treatment, I indicate, yes , but did not want to hear that I was there for 5 hours and that I would have to wait another hour before an bladder test need to be performed when there are two doctors attending to me, however, they were earlier shooting the sh*t, while I was still waiting to see-you the same two doctors.

Caller: Don’t know

Phone number not recognized. Left message saying my first name and it is after hours to call back. All family accounted for. Didn’t return call

Caller: (204) 788-8588

I’ve blocked it and still get repeated calls. Says it’s my area code. I have never answered it and from the look of the complaint comments above, I sure won’t. So glad I had call display.

This number has called me several times. I have never been to the hospital nor have I been out if the state I live in. How can we stop these calls. I blocked them and they still call at all hours. I was woke up at midnight from this number. Most annoying person on earth. STOP CALLING ME!

Some lady named Joan just called me after I came back from Victoria Urgent care to ask about my experience. When I said I was very unhappy there she just hang up on me....rude!

This number is a government number mainly used for The Winnipeg regional health Authority, if you leave an emergency room without being seen. They will call for up to 24/hrs to see if you are OK and have sought other medical care for the reason you were at emergency. because of PHIA (personal Health Information Act) they are not aloud to say anything to anyone, Unless it is the patient there calling for.You may say you're that person, and you will find out the info.The number is also used for other health/GVMT related services connected to WRHA, Such as Well being checks, health links call back if you are disconnected, or to check at a later date how you are, person in hospital making a call, a nurse reminding of appointment, the after hours social services relay program, and Probation's Manitoba. They are not allowed to say who they are, as this would violate PHIA, as that person whom attended emergency might not want anyone to know they were there.(As in a personal/private matter) I call the hospital, or all of them to see if theirs someone I know in there, worked once when a friend was in emergency, and attempting to call, they can't leave messages for the above reasons as well.... To protect the patient I guess. But if the patient asks for a nurse to call and let's it be known there in a hospital this number will also be used, and the Hosp. can relay the message, and give the info, that the patient is in care at that hospital. Also included Urgent Care centers.

Those calls come indeed from the hospital, like "Tania16 Feb 2011" said if someone who the caller is asking was in the emergency room but left without a notice, they will call you. P.S I think they do not disclose any info because they protect the privacy of the person they ask for.Hope this helps

This is a number one of a few that Manitoba Health uses to call any person who has checked into a hospital then leaves the hospital before consulting with the doctor or before being examined or treated by a doctor at which ever hospital they had tried to check into. Manitoba Health does this all of the time when a person does the scenario I described above. The reason they do this is to check on a person that left the hospital without being seen by a doctor, in order they cover their a***s from being sued in case something should happen afterwords to the person who left the hospital without being seen. This happens a lot ever since the gentleman died in the waiting room at HSC while waiting 48 Hours or more to see a doctor and without being treated.Caller: Manitoba Health

I did indeed walk out of emergency after 6.5 hrs of waiting!.......ridiculous......and it was @ the Vic....just curious though,..why would they be contacting me?...to see why I left?........is it a poll to try and make things better ?number was the same as the others

I'm sure it's just an "automated" number that shows for caller ID. I have a friend that works for HSC and no matter where she calls me from in the hospital, this is the number that shows on my caller ID.

and just to add to my previous post... the number specifically belongs to a reporting department... they generally call if you leave emergency dept without being seen or without completing your care.