Ontario Hospital

• ‘Huge wake-up call’: Quarter of Ontario hospitals are in poor condition, docs reveal

  New data obtained by Global News shows 26 per cent of Ontario's hospital buildings are in poor condition and five buildings need to be replaced entirely.

  Health

  Sep 6, 2023
  
• Hospital entrance in Wingham, Ont. needs repairs after man goes on rampage: police

  A hospital in Wingham, Ont. Went into lockdown last week after an unwelcomed visitor broke in and began a destructive rampage, according to OPP in Huron County.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2023
  
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• Ontario boosts hospital, mental health and pediatric funding in budget

  The provincial budget released Thursday detailed an $850 million increase in funding to hospitals plus $200 million to address health-care staffing shortages across the system.

  Health

  Mar 23, 2023
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• Ford government health care plans fail to meet capacity, staffing needs, FAO finds

  An analysis of the Ford government's health-care spending plans has found the province will need tens of thousands of new staff, while hospital demand will still outstrip capacity.

  Health

  Mar 8, 2023
• Ford government polling collected opinion on private health care, asked if system in ‘crisis’

  Polling completed for the Ontario government in the latter half of 2022 put a series of statements to respondents, including one referring to private health care delivery.

  Health

  Feb 15, 2023
• Ontario sees 100K-plus waiting longer than recommended for surgery during pandemic

  Exclusive data shows around 105,000 people were waiting beyond clinically recommended periods for surgery in January 2022, but the Ford government won't say if this has improved.

  Health

  Jan 24, 2023
• Lakeridge Ajax Pickering Hospital records longest wait times in Durham Region

  Two weeks ago, Danielle Tomasino spent over seven and a half hours with her three-year-old at Lakeridge’s Ajax Pickering Hospital.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2023
• Ford government documents admit low wages, Bill 124 worsening health staffing issues

  Briefings drafted for Ontario's minister of health, obtained by Global News through a freedom of information request, make the admission, and raise other staffing concerns.

  Health

  Jan 9, 2023
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• Ontario ER, urgent care centre to temporarily close amid labour shortages

  A hospital in Ontario says it will close its emergency department overnight Thursday, the latest in a number of recent temporary ER and urgent care centre closures in the province.

  Health

  Dec 29, 2022
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• Bed shortage, staffing pressures, force Kitchener hospital to cancel elective surgeries

  St. Mary’s General Hospital says it has been forced to cancel some elective surgeries this week as a result of having a high occupancy rate of beds in its inpatient units.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2022