We have been working with the federal government to identify health human resources located across various federal agencies who might be suitable for deployment to assist with the critical care surge in Ontario, Stephen Warner said in a statement.
The statement noted that many of the resources needed are found within the Canadian Armed Forces and Canadian Red Cross organizations.
The federal government said the Armed Forces are preparing to deploy up to three multi-purpose medical assistance teams of nurses and medical technicians to hospitals and other facilities similar to the teams that were went to long-term care facilities in Ontario and Quebec last spring as the first wave of COVID-19 swept across the country.
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