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Category: Health and COVID-19
Pan Am Games CEO Rafi wants to get Ontarians excited about event
Former deputy minister of health and long-term care Saad Rafi says the Pan Am Games are still on time and on budget, two months into his tenure there. ...
Elliott will ask AG to investigate CCACs
Tory health critic, frustrated by government's apparent indifference to rising executive salaries, feels only recourse is through the auditor general. ...
Merger of east GTA hospitals will cut services, jobs, says health coalition
Ontario Health Coalition says merging hospitals in the east GTA will take more than a decade to pay off the costs. ...
Ontario to spend nearly $10 million on diabetes prevention
One of the initiatives the $10 million will pay for is encouraging healthy diets and lifestyles as that would help reduce, in the long term, the number of people visiting hospitals. ...
ONA to call for LHINs to do better job
Nurses' union president says LHINs have moved away from their initial objective of creating a comprehensive system of care driven by the needs of local patients and communities. ...
Ontario to spend $8.9 million for new seniors’ unit at Ottawa hospital
New unit at Queensway Carleton Hospital expected to have 34 beds and provide comprehensive care for seniors and help them remain independent. ...
War of words between Ontario, feds heats up over refugee health
Chris Alexander says Ontario is on the 'wrong side of the issue' and that its temporary health program is making the province a magnet for bogus asylum seekers. ...
Health agency unveils new patient survey
Health Quality Ontario announces a new patient-experience survey pilot project so health organizations can learn how patients view the quality of care they get. ...
Province’s closing of small hospitals just the start, union warns
Government plan to shutter five Niagara hospitals and create a larger acute-care facility is a blueprint for other communities, CUPE representative says ...