The government has frozen hospital budgets for four years while restructuring the health care system to reduce expensive hospital services and provide more home care. ...
Category: Health and COVID-19
Heard: More than 325,000 Ontarians agreed to organ donations last year
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Hospital patient ‘horror stories’ point to health-care system in ‘critical’ condition, advocates say
Advocates point to a harrowing account of a cancer patient, who was prematurely discharged from hospital only to collapse on the front door of her house, as just one "horror story" highlighting the need for more governme ...
Labour minister announces PTSD strategy, hints at future legislation
A bill is in the works to provide better PTSD treatment for first responders, but Labour Minister Kevin Flynn stopped short of outlining exactly how the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act will be amended. ...
Heard: More funding urged for long-term care homes
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Seen: Province spends $6 million to hire 80 new mental health workers
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Seen: Province opens new Ottawa clinic for work-related injuries
First facility of its kind serving patients throughout eastern Ontario ...
Heard: Former head of dental group calls for more money for dental programs
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Op-ed: Doctors fought the government before, we’ll do it again
Georgetown doctor Nadia Alam asserts that the Liberals have gone too far in their attacks on Ontario's health care, leaving physicians little choice but to wage war against the government at a grassroots level. ...
Op Ed: A tax on pop – what next, a tax on binge viewing?
CTF Ontario director Christine Van Geyn opposes calls by some health care groups for a tax on soft drinks to discourage consumption of high-sugar beverages. ...