Ontario s long-term care minister points to NDP failure after facing call to resign
Ontario Minister of Long-term Care Merrilee Fullerton faced a call from the Opposition to resign her cabinet post in the wake of two reports that reviewed her ministry s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Social Sharing I will not be spoken to that way by the Leader of the Opposition that neglected this sector : Fullerton
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Posted: May 04, 2021 1:40 PM ET | Last Updated: May 4
In recent days, Minister of Long-term Care Merrilee Fullerton has been pressed to explicitly acknowledge whether she feels she shares any responsibility for the more than 3,700 deaths of long-term care residents with COVID-19 in Ontario. (Frank Gunn/Canadian Press)
Posted: May 02, 2021 8:40 AM ET | Last Updated: May 2
Medical transport staff arrive at Villa Leonardo Gambin, in Vaughan, Ont., on Feb. 5, 2021. Reflections from public health experts and relatives of seniors who died in virus-ravaged facilities have poured in after the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission called for an overhaul of the sector.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
The spotlight on Ontario s long-term care sector must not be allowed to dim again, observers said the day after the release of a scathing report outlining the province s neglect of the facilities in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reflections from public health experts and relatives of seniors who died in virus-ravaged facilities poured in after the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission called for an overhaul of the sector.
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The spotlight on Ontarioâs long-term care sector must not be allowed to dim again, observers said the day after the release of a scathing report outlining the provinceâs neglect of the facilities in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reflections from public health experts and relatives of seniors who died in virus-ravaged facilities poured in after the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission called for an overhaul of the sector. It laid out its recommendations in its final report, delivered to the government on Friday night.
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The spotlight on Ontario’s long-term care sector must not be allowed to dim again, observers said the day after the release of a scathing report outlining the province’s neglect of the facilities in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reflections from public health experts and relatives of seniors who died in virus-ravaged facilities poured in after the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission called for an overhaul of the sector. It laid out its recommendations in its final report, delivered to the government on Friday night.
Published Saturday, May 1, 2021 3:18PM EDT The spotlight on Ontario s long-term care sector must not be allowed to dim again, observers said the day after the release of a scathing report outlining the province s neglect of the facilities in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reflections from public health experts and relatives of seniors who died in virus-ravaged facilities poured in after the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission called for an overhaul of the sector. It laid out its recommendations in its final report, delivered to the government on Friday night. Tara Barrows, whose grandmother died of COVID-19 in a long-term care home last year, said she appreciated seeing experiences like that of her family put on the record.