Hospitals Ontario

• Ontario hospitals prepare and brace for summer ER staffing challenges

  Staffing shortages led hospitals to close their emergency departments for hours or even days at a time during the summer of 2022.

  Health

  May 29, 2023
  
• Ontario invests $20M in operating costs for new MRI machines

  Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the money will be geared toward small and rural hospitals who do not yet have MRI machines.

  Health

  Dec 12, 2022
  
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• Pediatric ICUs remain above capacity, Ontario data shows

  There are currently 114 children in ICUs, two more than the maximum the system is equipped to handle.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2022
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• London Health Sciences Centre asks for compassion toward health-care workers amid long wait times

  Hospitals throughout Ontario are dealing with staff shortages, prompting the London, Ont., hospital to ask the public to respond with patience and kindness when seeking care.

  Health

  Aug 10, 2022
• State of Ontario’s health care system not unprecedented, health minister says

  Sylvia Jones made the comments as the legislature resumed Monday and says the government is working to ensure residents have a sufficiently staffed local hospital available.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2022
• Hospital staffing strain ‘unprecedented,’ could peak soon: Ontario Health exec

  Ontario Health says 10 hospitals have had to temporarily close emergency departments since June due to lack of nursing services.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2022
• Ontario hospitals update visitor policies due to community spread amid Omicron wave

  Several hospitals in Ontario are updating their visitor policies amid a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant.

  Health

  Dec 21, 2021