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In long-awaited testimony before the long-term care commission, Ontario’s top health leaders have sketched a picture of a system both underprepared and slow to respond as the COVID-19 crisis unfolded in long-term care.
New procurement system stalled restocking of PPE ahead of pandemic: health minister by Paola Loriggio, THE CANADIAN PRESS Posted Feb 26, 2021 11:26 pm EDT A healthcare professional adjusts her mask during a demonstration of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) procedures at Toronto Western Hospital on October 17, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young The Ontario government’s switch to a centralized procurement system stalled the replenishment of the province’s stockpile of personal protective equipment in the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, an independent commission heard this we...
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The Globe and Mail Paola Loriggio Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press The Ontario government’s switch to a centralized procurement system stalled the replenishment of the province’s stockpile of personal protective equipment in the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, an independent commission heard this week. Health Minister Christine El...
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TORONTO -- Ontario’s Commission into long-term care tore into the province’s top public health official during a hearing this week, where he conceded homes could not evacuate healthy patients to anywhere but a hospital, were not warned of asymptomatic spread early on and sometimes got positive COVID-19 test results by mail. A Commission lawyer asked Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Williams if he thought facilities should have evacuated or “decanted” health residents during outbreaks, to which he replied that there were not enough healthy staff available to remove entire cohorts ...