Ontario Healthcare

• Ontario’s political party leaders pledge to fix health care shortage in the north

  The longstanding shortage of health-care workers in the region has prompted numerous calls for significantly increased investment in the sector to address local shortfalls.

  Politics

  May 28
  
• Over 75% of Canadian nurses burnt out, RNAO survey finds

  A new survey conducted by the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) has found that over 75 per cent of Canada's nurses are "burnt out." 

  Health

  May 12
  
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• Ontario provides $3.4M to PRHC for COVID-19 costs, $1M for eating disorders program: MPP Smith

  On Friday morning, Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith announced $3,409,974 will be allocated to reimburse the hospital for lost revenue during the pandemic.

  Health

  Apr 22
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• Peterborough front-line health-care workers ask MPP Dave Smith to repeal Bill 124

  Protesters gathered outside MPP Dave Smith's office Thursday asking him to repeal Bill 124 — legislation which caps some public sector wages.

  Health

  Mar 17
• Emergency order expiration fumbles Ontario’s urgent call for retired nurses

  On Dec. 22, the Ford government asked retired health-care workers return to the workforce to help the province ramp up its COVID-19 booster dose rollout as Omicron cases surged.

  Politics

  Jan 13
• New hospital being built in Mississauga, facility to be expanded in Toronto

  Premier Doug Ford says together, the projects will add more than 500 hospital beds to the province.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2021
• Ontario Health says healthcare impacts less likely during current COVID wave

  Ontario Health's Dr. Chris Simpson says the trigger point at which hospitals would be ordered to ramp down non-urgent procedures is now closer to 250-300 intensive care patients.

  Health

  Nov 24, 2021
• Ontario commits to second MRI at Peterborough Regional Health Centre

  Dr. Peter McLaughlin, PRHC's president and CEO, says since 2017, outpatient MRI requests have increased 53 per cent at the regional hospital.

  Politics

  Nov 10, 2021
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• Ontario will not mandate COVID-19 vaccines for hospital workers

  "We will continue to monitor the situation in our hospitals very closely and take additional action if warranted," the province said Wednesday.

  Health

  Nov 3, 2021
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• Ontario government provides Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg $1M for upgrades, repairs

  Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg will use the infrastructure funding for repairs on its roof, says president and CEO Susan Walsh.

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2021