Ontario Liberal MPP Dr. Adil Shamji releases leaked Ontario Health report that finds worsening emergency room wait times.
The report from Ontario Health found the majority of emergency room visits took up to 45.2 hours to complete, ambulance offload times grew to 90 minutes and the daily average number of patients awaiting beds increased to 946 from 884, compared to the previous month.From our newsroom to your inbox at noon, the latest headlines, stories, opinion and photos from the Toronto Sun.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“The state of our health-care system is plummeting, and this government is in complete denial,” he said. “This is a dangerous thing, and I think that people and patients have a right to know.” A response from Health Minister Sylvia Jones’ office was not immediately available Wednesday, but she recently announced changes to make it easier for a foreign-trained health-care professional to work in Ontario to help address a staffing shortage.Article contenttap here to see other videos from our teamJones released a “Plan to Stay Open” in August that called for the hiring of up to 6,000 additional health-care workers and the freeing up of up to 2,500 more hospital beds.
The government could withdraw Bill 124, which caps health care workers wages at 1% for each of three years, and incentivize retired workers to come back, he said. Shamji acknowledged other jurisdictions around the world are struggling with health care resource issues, as well, but said the situation in Ontario is worse in part because there’s been a failure of leadership.
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