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Ontario investigating 2 long-term care homes following allegations residents died of neglect during pandemic
Ontario is investigating two Toronto long-term care homes where the Canadian military reported residents died of neglect, not COVID-19, during outbreaks last year.
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Dozens of LTC residents reportedly died of neglect during COVID-19 1st wave
by News Staff
Last Updated May 10, 2021 at 7:59 am EDT
A long-term care home. (Photo by Jonas Güttler/picture alliance via Getty Images)
The number of COVID-19 deaths in Ontario’s nursing homes doesn’t tell the whole story of the devastating impacts of the pandemic on long-term care residents.
Military reports obtained by The Globe and Mail depict just how deplorable conditions were inside Downsview Long Term Care Centre and Hawthorne Place Care Centre in North York, before military teams arrived to provide care.
At Downsview, 65 residents died of COVID, but the documents reveal another 26 died from dehydration, before military teams arrived.
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