Dr. Roger Strasser, the founding dean and chief executive officer of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, will be the Simon Fraser school's interim dean.
Unlike other forums where physicians connect as fellow specialists or talk among themselves, Twitter has created a place where physicians and patients can exchange views and expertise to the advantage of both.
Some physicians with the health authority say the new tool won't solve longer wait times in hospitals, but it may help people with less urgent needs receive care more quickly.
Manitoba has the third-lowest rate of doctors in the country, said the organization's president Dr. Candace Bradshaw, and it's only going to get worse.
Health Minister Adrian Dix says postponing non-urgent surgeries is one way to create room at hospitals for patients, especially children, who are fighting flu and other respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19.
