Ontario wasted at least 3.4 million doses of COVID\u002D19 vaccine \u002D\u002D or 9% of all doses it received.
Pharmacies had to trash 22% of the vaccines delivered to them, almost one-third unopened vials, hospitals 1% and public health units 4%.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
“It absolutely wasn’t a waste of money because those particular clinics were for focused individual sectors that we were very concerned about,” Jones said. “In the case of Switch Health they were situated at the Pearson Airport and they were specifically for agricultural workers who were coming in and going to work in various communities across Ontario.”Article content
Other health care professionals working at the same mass clinics were paid far less per hour to vaccinate people — $30 for a pharmacist, $33 to $49 for a registered nurse, $25 to $37 for a registered practical nurse and $30 to $49 for a paramedic. “Why did the government decide that we would pay other health professionals five times what we’ve paid those nurses to do the exact same work,” Gelinas said. “That was not respectful of health care workers.”
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