Steinbach MLA Kelvin Goertzen says dialysis services are coming to the Automobile City.
Goertzen says his government announced that in this week's Throne Speech, which is a general overview of their intentions.
"I was very pleased to hear," says Goertzen.
He notes a lot of people from Steinbach and area are currently travelling to Winnipeg for this service.
"I and others have been advocating for quite some time about the need to get dialysis service in Steinbach," shares Goertzen. "This is really good news."
The Steinbach MLA says more details will be coming regarding the timeline for this.
"But for the first time we have that commitment from government to have that dialysis service in Steinbach," he says. "So people who need the service or who might need it in the future I think should feel very good about that."
Bob Barrow of Steinbach campaigned many times for the service. In the spring of 2019 he told steinbachonline.com that he was driving an elderly gentleman to Winnipeg for dialysis three times a week for the past 18 months. At the time, he noted there were many others in the same boat, suggesting patients have been forced to move to Winnipeg because they could not afford the transportation costs.