Ontario To Fund More Private Clinics Send Patients To Temporary Ltcs To Ease Health Care Pressures
On Thursday, Health Minister Sylvia Jones announced a plan aimed at recruiting more health professionals, freeing up hospital beds and reducing waiting lists for surgery. The plan comes as nursing shortages have led emergency departments across the province to close all summer for hours or days at a time. On long-term care, the government plans to introduce legislation today to allow patients waiting for a bed to be moved to a “temporary” home while they wait for a place in the home of their choice....