Those failings contributed to the deaths of 3,756 residents as the coronavirus tore through the province’s nursing homes during the first and second waves. Many of the systemic problems have yet to be addressed, Auditor-General Bonnie Lysyk found, including outdated homes with multibed wards, chronic staffing shortages and insufficient Infection Prevention and Control practices.
“I don’t think you would want a politician determining the public-health measures,” she said. “We have been listening to the experts this whole time.” The Ministry of Long-Term Care is responsible for ensuring that homes have proper IPAC measures in place, which are crucial to curb transmission of the virus. But the ministry stopped doing routine annual inspections of homes in 2018 and only three of its staff members have IPAC expertise, the report says.
Hospitals transferred 761 patients that month to long-term care homes, 50 per cent more than the average in prior months, the report says. In April, 2020, another 691 patients who still needed medical care were transferred to free up hospital beds.
no kidding 🙄
Why we need auditor-general to tell the obvious? Work on the corrupted government.
What was his first clue? Body bags?
Nobody was prepared, but if the WHO had acted promptly scenarios around the world would have been different
Really? Was an audit from the auditor ge real needed for this? Iy was so obvious.
No shit.
Long term no care homes
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