{"id":18372,"date":"2022-01-12T00:37:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T05:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=18372"},"modified":"2022-09-22T15:55:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T19:55:08","slug":"absenteeism-causing-critical-staffing-gaps-in-provinces-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/absenteeism-causing-critical-staffing-gaps-in-provinces-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Absenteeism causing &#8216;critical&#8217; staffing gaps in province&#8217;s hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(January 11, 2022)<\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header\" aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\">\n<figure class=\"featured-image\"><picture class=\"featured-image__ratio\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/emsjan11-scaled.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=564&amp;h=423&amp;type=webp, 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src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/emsjan11-scaled.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288&amp;h=216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/emsjan11-scaled.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288&amp;h=216, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/emsjan11-scaled.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=576&amp;h=432 2x\" alt=\"Ambulances at the emergency entrance of East York's Michael Garron Hospital on January 10, 2022.\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" \/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"featured-image__caption image-caption\"><em><span class=\"caption\">Ambulances at the emergency entrance of East York&#8217;s Michael Garron Hospital on January 10, 2022.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">PHOTO BY JACK BOLAND<\/span>\u00a0\/<span class=\"distributor\">Toronto Sun<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<div id=\"featured-video\" class=\"featured-video jwplayer js-widget-jwplayer featured-video--fixed\" data-sticky-video-component=\"ts-ready\">\n<div class=\"video-placeholder\">\n<div class=\"placeholder-inner\">\n<div class=\"ytp-spinner\">\n<div class=\"ytp-spinner-container\">\n<div class=\"ytp-spinner-rotator\">\n<div class=\"ytp-spinner-left\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"ytp-spinner-circle\">Health Minister Christine Elliott said about 600 hundred existing ICU beds and another potential 500 beds remain available.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, Health Ontario CEO and President Matt Anderson said the number of COVID-19 patients in hospital beds doesn\u2019t tell the whole story as staff absenteeism is seriously impacting the health care system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsenteeism is really the acute challenge that we\u2019re facing right now across not just our hospitals, our long-term care (LTC) homes and certainly throughout all different industries,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n<p>Pausing non-emergency surgeries has freed up health care staff for redeployment and allowing in internationally-trained nurses will help the situation, he said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">Another solution, as outlined in a Dec. 30 guidance to hospitals, is to bring back self-isolating staff earlier than would normally be the case, providing they\u2019re using personal protection equipment and away from others particularly those with compromised immune systems.\u201cWhile the safest approach is to continue self-isolating, all layers of protection in the hierarchy of controls should be optimized to reduce the risk of having an exposed individual in the workplace,\u201d the guidance says. \u201cStaff who are cases (i.e. have tested positive or symptomatic) should be considered only in the critical staffing shortage situation as per guidance.\u201d<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">Anthony Dale, president and CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association, said 80 new adult patients with COVID-related critical illness were admitted Monday to ICUs, the highest daily number of admissions in the pandemic.\u201cThe previous high was 77 admissions on April 9, 2021, which was at the peak of the 3rd wave,\u201d Dale said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cOntario\u2019s healthcare system capacity remains under immense pressure and health care workers continue to work tirelessly on the frontlines to manage and care for patients with and without COVID.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, patients who are admitted to hospital with underlying conditions as well as COVID-19, are at a greater health risk than someone who does not have pre-existing conditions. The OHA and hospitals across Ontario encourage anyone who hasn\u2019t done so already to get vaccinated right away to reduce the likelihood of severe COVID-19 disease and\/or outcomes and minimize the impact on healthcare system capacity.,\u201d Dale said.Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC), said she has never seen staffing levels as low as they currently are in hospitals and LTC facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a total crisis,\u201d Mehra said. \u201cClosing emergency departments? I mean what would be more of a crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/provincial\/just-over-half-of-ontarios-covid-hospitalizations-were-due-to-virus\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(January 11, 2022) Ambulances at the emergency entrance of East York&#8217;s Michael Garron Hospital on January 10, 2022.\u00a0PHOTO BY JACK BOLAND\u00a0\/Toronto Sun Health Minister Christine Elliott said about 600 hundred existing ICU beds and another potential 500 beds remain available. 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