More than 150 new beds will be opening up in Hamilton hospitals as a result of provincial funding.

Health-care employees in Hamilton want the Ford government to give all front-line workers, including maintenance, clerical and lab staff, the 'pandemic pay' raise.

It won't be an immediate process, according to Melissa Farrell, president of St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton.

A new initiative is calling on Hamiltonians to help bring food to front-line health-care workers while simultaneously supporting local restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic.

Hamilton's Wayside House is getting a chunk of provincial funding to improve its infrastructure for the men who spend their three months in recovery there.

There were 457 cases between January and October last year when it took paramedics longer than 20 minutes to reach patients in life-threatening situations due to an ambulance and staffing shortage.

Minister of Health Christine Elliott says the new model will eliminate "hallway health care" by allowing providers to work directly with each other.

Juravinski Hospital is getting up to $25 million from the provincial government to expand an important cancer care facility.

Hamilton Health Sciences is getting more than $6.1 million while St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton will receive just over $2.5 million.