This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Hospitals in Ontario have discharged more than a thousand elderly patients in recent days to free up beds and staff, just as the third wave of the pandemic threatens to overwhelm their resources.
More Ontarians are being treated for COVID-19 in intensive-care units than at any time during the pandemic. On Thursday alone, 67 new patients were admitted to ICU, bringing the tally to 800, according to Critical Care Services Ontario. Nathan Stall, a geriatrician at Sinai Health System in Toronto, criticized Premier Doug Ford’s government for asking nursing homes to help hospitals on short notice.
Multibed wards already occupied by two people are off limits to new admissions. Vaccination is not a condition of admission, which worries Lisa Levin, CEO of AdvantAge Ontario, a group that represents municipal and not-for-profit long-term care homes. “The last thing we need is for people to come into the homes and start having seniors get sick and die,” she said.
What an absolute fiasco. We are relying on the previous failures, to provide a solution for the current failures. Love the quote re: current policy failure shouldn't be creating a LTC emergency. Bang on. Just a total mess.
Why long term care facilities? My goodness have we learned nothing in a year? Why not the field hospitals that are empty
ALC are taking up 25% of hospital beds, numbers over 85 quadruple from 2011 to 2031. This is just the beginning. In a decade the LTC wait list will be 4 years or pay 10K a month privately. ALC will be half the hospital. I will choose MAiD and just not go. This is not 'living.'
Has it really come to this. Are we so incompetent as a country run by fools who won't listen to doctors, nurses, scientists but will listen to lobbyists and anyone will to donate large sums of money to enhance there own self interest. Is that where we are. Is it profit over live
More liberal/conservative bullshit!! There really is no difference between the two parties!! Both feeding off each other’s bullshit !! End days for both, can’t come soon enough!!
Gee I wonder why 6000 for profit LTC beds were available FordFailedSeniors
That's exactly what strated the hecatomb in Quebec's long term care facilities. 😣
whew...good thing this govt killed so many seniors in old age homes...there is now more room for ICU patients