Ontario extends funding to help some hospitals avoid ER closures
Ontario is extending funding that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid temporary ER closures, after previously saying it would end after the summer.
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Ontario is extending funding that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid temporary ER closures, after previously saying it would end after the summer.
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There have been numerous temporary ER closures across Ontario this year due to staffing shortages, such as a lack of nurses
Mindemoya emergency room to close on some days in October. The ER in Little Current, however, to remain open 24/7.
A memo this week from the deputy minister of health to affected hospitals says that the Temporary Locum Program, which had been set to expire Sept. 30, will now continue until March 31.