Ontario’s Underfunded Hospitals Can’t Handle Growing Backlog of Surgeries, Medical Official Warns Published May 21, 2020 News “I can see pain and suffering increasing and I can see increases in mortality," warns top Thunder Bay medical official
Anti-Lockdown Protesters Block Ambulance Bay at Vancouver Hospital, Lead Chants Against Healthcare Workers Published May 11, 2020 Video Anti-lockdown protesters block St. Paul’s Hospital emergency entrance and shout insults at frontline healthcare workers
5 Disturbing Allegations Court Documents Reveal About COVID-19 in Ontario’s For-Profit Nursing Homes Published April 29, 2020 Analysis Read what frontline nurses have sworn in affidavits about conditions in Ontario's deadliest for-profit long-term care homes
Ontario Hospitals Warn Healthcare Workers of Potential ‘Shortages’ in Face Masks And Protective Supplies Published March 26, 2020 News Brief Ontario Medical Association says doctors are warning of “dire shortages”
Ontario Used Emergency Powers to Contract Out Unionized Hospital Jobs. Experts Say It Will Compromise Care. Published March 25, 2020 News "I'm not aware of anything in the statutes governing labour relations in hospitals that would give such powers to the government"
Ontario Announces ‘Surge Funding’ to Boost Hospital Capacity. But Ontario Hospitals Are Already Stretched Thin. Published March 17, 2020 Analysis Many hospitals in Ontario operated at above 100% capacity in 2019