LTC Minister grilled by commission following COVID deaths of seniors
Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton said she wasn't aware the LTC ministry had a pandemic plan.
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Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton said she wasn't aware the LTC ministry had a pandemic plan.
"I’m not a public health expert," Merrilee Fullerton testified regarding the dangers posed to nursing homes.
TORONTO — Ontario’s long-term care minister said she didn’t go public early last year with concerns about COVID-19 spreading in nursing homes because she…
Merrilee Fullerton, Ontario's long-term care minister was aware of the dangers the novel coronavirus posed to the sector long before it was declared a global pandemic, a newly released transcript from the province's commission on the matter reveals.
Ontario's Opposition says the province's long-term care minister should have spoken out earlier on the risk COVID-19 posed to the province's nursing homes.