A new law allowing hospitals to send patients awaiting long-term care into nursing homes not of their choosing goes into effect
up to 70 kilometres away in southern Ontario and up to 150 kilometres away in northern regions on a temporary basis.Ontario’s plan to move elderly hospital patients won’t alleviate stress on health care system, critics say
Emergency departments across the province have closed for hours or days at a time over the past few months. Scarborough Health Network CEO David Graham says the new law will open up beds, which will allow for more surgeries to take place. Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance CEO Andrew Williams says he applauds the government for the law, but says it won’t immediately help his facility because there are no empty long-term care beds in the region.
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