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MINISTER of HEALTH says no crisis either
WHERE do the mask breathers get their over run hospital conspiracies from?
Ontario hospitals are not in crisis, despite the pandemic-related pressure many are facing right now, Health Minister Christine Elliott said Wednesday.
Elliott first rejected the notion of a hospital capacity crisis in Question Period, with NDP MPP Catherine Fife suggesting Ontario hospitals are at a breaking point.
“You want to speak about who is in crisis?” Elliott said. “Have you taken a look at Alberta, where they’re doubling up patients in intensive care units? We’re not doing that in Ontario.”
Asked about her comments at the premier’s daily press conference, Elliott said that “there’s no question that many Ontario hospitals are under stress right now, particularly in the lockdown areas … but to say that they’re in crisis is not the case.”
She said the Scarborough General and William Osler hospitals are unable to do all of the tests, procedures and surgeries postponed during the pandemic’s first wave
“There’s more that we need to work on, but we’re in regular contact with the Ontario Hospital Association, we’re in contact with the hospitals that are experiencing these sorts of stresses. And what we’re really trying to do in dealing with that backlog of surgeries and procedures is take a more regional look at it,” said Elliott, suggesting that if there’s one hospital that can’t accommodate all surgeries and procedures, another hospital in the region with capacity could be utilized.
“We have built the capacity, we’ve built the numbers, we have rooms for people, we have the ventilators if people need them,” said Elliott. “We are ready for any other surges, but that’s why we’re doing the lockdowns in some areas, imposing control measures in others, so that we can try and bend that curve and try and get those numbers down. So it all has to work together, and that’s what we’re doing here in Ontario.”
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