{"id":16869,"date":"2021-05-07T09:06:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=16869"},"modified":"2021-05-31T09:30:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T13:30:01","slug":"doug-ford-promised-accountability-after-last-years-horrors-in-long-term-care-critics-say-they-are-still-waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doug-ford-promised-accountability-after-last-years-horrors-in-long-term-care-critics-say-they-are-still-waiting\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Ford promised \u2018accountability\u2019 after last year\u2019s horrors in long-term care. Critics say they are still waiting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(May 6, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>By: Rob Ferguson, Muskoka Region (Metroland Media Group)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/HzfhXWTeW4XhGWiRZbjVS9mdTE4=\/744x446\/smart\/http:\/\/media.zuza.com\/7\/b\/7be8fd2b-e032-4e54-bcfd-797d0c2628b9\/Thestar_5e027464_72b8_4eaf_9b84_9b507215de27_Image1_Super_Portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Ford promised \u2018accountability\u2019 after last year\u2019s horrors in long-term care. Critics say they are still waiting\" width=\"435\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-lpos=\"article|body\"><em>Ontario\u2019s Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said she is not aware of any provincial investigation into what Premier Doug Ford called \u201cdisgusting\u201d situations in long-term-care homes. &#8211; Frank Gunn \/ THE CANADIAN PRESS<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">It\u2019s been almost a year since a visibly upset Premier Doug Ford said there would be an \u201cinvestigation\u201d into the horrific conditions military medical teams found in a five Ontario nursing homes that were ravaged by COVID-19 \u2014 and the results would be \u201cshared with police.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">Three scathing reports and 11 months later, critics are asking what happened to the premier\u2019s promise \u201cthere will be accountability, there will be justice for these residents and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">Almost 4,000 nursing home residents died from the highly contagious virus and more than 15,000 were infected. At least 26 were found dead from dehydration because there were not enough staff to get them water, according the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.com\/news-story\/10384949--next-time-ontario-must-be-ready-concludes-long-term-care-covid-19-commission\/\">Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission report last Friday<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said Wednesday she is not aware of any provincial investigation, and the Ontario Provincial Police said the force is also \u201cnot aware\u201d of any probe into what Ford himself called \u201cdisgusting\u201d and \u201cgut-wrenching\u201d situations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">\u201cWe have not received any results or information on that particular investigation you\u2019re referencing,\u201d Jones replied when asked about the premier\u2019s pledge in the wake of a<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/federal\/2020\/05\/26\/canadas-military-reports-extremely-troubling-conditions-in-ontario-long-term-care-homes.html\">\u00a0Canadian Armed Forces report\u00a0<\/a><\/span>into the desperate conditions its medical teams found in several nursing homes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">The grim details included residents with \u201cskin breakdown\u201d because their diapers hadn\u2019t been changed for days, being forcefully fed while lying down to the point of choking, being given expired medications and left crying for hours or days for help, sometimes without bed sheets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">\u201cWe launched a full investigation into these allegations. This includes an investigation by Ontario\u2019s chief coroner. The results of these investigations will be shared with police to look into any possible criminal charges,\u201d Ford told a news conference late last May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">The coroner was notified following a death at the Orchard Villa nursing home in Pickering. A government news release at the time also said Ministry of Long-Term Care inspectors would \u201cimmediately investigate critical incidents referred to in the (military) report\u201d and mentioned what would eventually become the Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath said her party will be delivering reports from the Canadian Armed Forces, last Friday\u2019s commission report and a report released last week by\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/2021\/04\/28\/ontarios-nursing-homes-residents-remain-vulnerable-to-future-pandemics-outbreaks-ag-report.html\">provincial auditor-general Bonnie Lysyk\u00a0<\/a><\/span>to the OPP for possible action on the \u201clingering questions\u201d raised when Ford first said police would be notified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">\u201cIt\u2019s something for police and the justice system to gauge,\u201d Horwath told the Star, charging the premier\u2019s promise of accountability and justice \u201chas all gone up into thin air\u201d amid findings from the auditor and the commission that his government was slow to respond to the threat of COVID-19 in nursing homes.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">\u201cThere were no (nursing home) licences pulled, there were no fines levied, there was no investigation launched into the specific homes where some of the most egregious situations occurred and we have a minister of long-term care and premier who are refusing to be accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">Long-Term Care Minister\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/2021\/05\/03\/long-term-care-minister-wont-say-sorry-for-ontarios-slow-and-reactive-covid-19-response.html\">Merrilee Fullerton\u00a0<\/a><\/span>evaded questions Wednesday on the possibility of criminal charges and the status of any investigations but said \u201cI regret that we couldn\u2019t have moved faster\u201d on measures to protect nursing home residents from the rapid advance of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">\u201cThe buck stops with me,\u201d Ford told the legislature when repeatedly pressed by the NDP to fire Fullerton, a former family doctor. \u201cI\u2019ll take responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">Horwath insisted that claim of responsibility rings hollow because there is no accountability without repercussions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">\u201cThere has been no apology or meaningful acknowledgment of the failures that allowed \u2014 even facilitated \u2014 the deaths of thousands in long-term care,\u201d said executive director Natalie Mehra of the Ontario Health Coalition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">Government officials were not clear Wednesday on what specific concerns may have been referred to police, either local or provincial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">\u201cThe Office of the Chief Coroner and police routinely work closely during coroner investigations and share any relevant information with each other,\u201d said Stephen Warner, a spokesman for Jones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">\u201cShould there be any criminal concerns during a death investigation, the coroner would bring them to the attention of the police. The Office of the Chief Coroner does not have the authority to lay criminal charges.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">Toronto and Peel police were not immediately aware of any investigations into nursing home deaths when contacted by the Star on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p data-lpos=\"article|body\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.muskokaregion.com\/news-story\/10387972-doug-ford-promised-accountability-after-last-year-s-horrors-in-long-term-care-critics-say-they-are-still-waiting\/\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(May 6, 2021) By: Rob Ferguson, Muskoka Region (Metroland Media Group) Ontario\u2019s Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said she is not aware of any provincial investigation into what Premier Doug Ford called \u201cdisgusting\u201d situations in long-term-care homes. &#8211; Frank Gunn \/ THE CANADIAN PRESS It\u2019s been almost a year since a visibly upset Premier Doug Ford [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Doug Ford promised \u2018accountability\u2019 after last year\u2019s horrors in long-term care. 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