Premier Doug Ford announced the new funding during a Wednesday news conference at CHEO.
Premier Doug Ford announced the new funding during a Wednesday news conference at CHEO attended by heads of every pediatric hospital and health centre in the province and other children’s health leaders.“This new funding will provide our front-line health-care partners with the tools they need to immediately provide more children with the care they need close to home,” Ford said.
Since 2019, wait times for pediatric treatment, surgery and, especially, mental health supports have ballooned. There are 36,000 children and youth on waiting lists for appointments at CHEO alone. Two-thirds of them have waited longer than is clinically recommended. The new funding will help CHEO hire between 200 and 250 new staff members, Munter said. Province-wide, the stable funding could add 1,500 pediatric health professionals, something that could be slowed by shortages of nurses and other health workers.
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