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Less than a year after the province heralded its opening as a safe option for seniors, a new long-term care home in Owen Sound, Ont. has been forced to close its doors to new admissions due to serious problems found during inspections.
For the first 94 days of the COVID-19 pandemic, provincial inspectors never stepped foot into Hamilton long-term care homes, where seniors were inside, dying. That’s according to a recent report from Ontario's ombudsman, Paul Dubé.
Ombudsman finds Hamilton among hardest hit when Ontario’s inspection system collapsed
First ‘Jan Maal Lok Adalat’ launched in Jalandhar Jalandhar: To provide on-the-spot redressal to the people’s complaints related to the state Revenue Department, Punjab Revenue Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa on Friday launched the first ‘Jan Maal Lok Adalat’ from Jalandhar. Over 1500 people
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Blackadar’s manager says ‘the home has implemented improvements to its skin and wound care practices.’ Meanwhile, a Hamilton wound-care specialist says compliance issues are a ‘pervasive problem’ in Ontario long-term care homes.