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Category: Health and COVID-19
Ontario gets good marks for hospital wait times
Both the Fraser Institute and the Wait Time Alliance ranked Ontario among the best in the country for wait times, but there are also reports of hundreds of delayed surgeries in the London area. ...
Seen: NDP accuse province of neglecting domestic violence assistance program
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PCs call for all-party committee to deal with rare diseases
Health Minister Eric Hoskins said the best venue for dealing with rare diseases may be an already-existing national committee struck by provincial and territorial ministers ...
PM to discuss Syrian refugees with premiers, as plan expected Tuesday
Health Minister Eric Hoskins says the premiers and the prime minister will 'go over the plan and its specifics, and then the public will be presented with that plan tomorrow.' ...
Seen: Private members bill introduced on research and support for pregnancy loss
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Doctors group says 20 clinics have been closed since Oct. 1
The group, called Concerned Ontario Doctors, has had their cause taken up by Patrick Brown's Progressive Conservatives, who held a joint press conference and Queen's Park reception with them in late October. ...
Despite differing timelines, Wynne promises to work with Ottawa on refugees
Ottawa says it will settle 25,000 refugees by the end of 2015, but Queen's Park officials do not yet know how many will be settled here, where in the province they will be settled, or how much federal funding assistance ...
Heard: CUPE asks Hoskins to review cuts to eastern Ontario hospital
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Tentative class-action settlement reached over developmental facilities abuses
If approved by the court, plaintiffs will be awarded compensation worth nearly $36 million. ...