{"id":19057,"date":"2022-05-07T23:29:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T03:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=19057"},"modified":"2022-06-09T23:30:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T03:30:40","slug":"health-coalition-asking-provincial-candidates-to-prioritize-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/health-coalition-asking-provincial-candidates-to-prioritize-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Health coalition asking provincial candidates to prioritize healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c5 c13\"><span class=\"c2\">(May 5, 2022)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c2\">By: Melanie Irwin, Sarnia News Today<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\">\n<p class=\"c5\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/im-MoPlMZzjfz-rVOVMNKgWe1uO3WTU_KL8VZYBQhnyJGOOfRIlo36q5WEd5UdhVhO8LEsJpgcHyU1v4iOedHVtgDZOK8CJJt0cON7fnza5ufNjiZ36v3JkVzVqNosGCXsnSLoxpsWYs6T3d3Q\" alt=\"Ontario Health Coalition supporters at Queen's Park rally, October 10, 2018 (Photo from OHC Facebook).\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span class=\"c26 c49\">Ontario Health Coalition supporters at Queen\u2019s Park rally, October 10, 2018 (Photo from OHC Facebook).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6 c28\">\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">The Ontario Health Coalition is calling on provincial election candidates to make commitments to improve all aspects of healthcare if elected next month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell accepted Doug Ford\u2019s request to dissolve provincial parliament Tuesday, which launched the official start to the Ontario election campaign Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">OHC Executive Director Natalie Mehra said the healthcare industry has suffered during the pandemic and change is necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">\u201cOntario has seen, at this point, 4,500 people who lived in long term care die from COVID-19,\u201d said Mehra. \u201cIt\u2019s an extraordinary number. It\u2019s not normal. This is one of the highest death rates in the entire world and the majority of those died in for-profit long term care homes, so we\u2019re really concerned.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">Mehra said despite the statistics, care levels have not improved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">\u201cWe\u2019re calling for all of the parties to make very concrete promises to fast track improvements to care levels in long term care, to end for-profit long term care and build new and redeveloped long term care beds as public and not-for-profit, rather than for-profit beds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">She said they\u2019d also like to see inspections of long term care homes reinstated and standards enforced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">\u201cAfter all of what\u2019s happened in Ontario, with the horrific death rate, with people really suffering, not one home has been fined. Not one operator. Not even the chain for-profits where most of the people died.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">Mehra claims there have been no consequences, no licences lost, no criminal charges, for even the most delinquent operators during the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">\u201cIf there is no consequence and you can take out tens of millions of dollars of profit every month, even while your residents die of starvation or dehydration, they keep doing it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c2\">Contrary to Mehra\u2019s claims, a long term care home in London where five residents and a nurse died, during a COVID-19 outbreak in April, 2020,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c11\"><a class=\"c17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/blackburnnews.com\/london\/london-news\/2021\/10\/26\/long-term-care-home-nurse-died-facing-charges\/&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1654833607903538&amp;usg=AOvVaw2ChHQyiZQqb0GuUUKfA8J8\">was charged last October<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">Sharon Farms &amp; Enterprises Limited, the owner of Kensington Village, is facing three charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">The Ontario Health Coalition is also pushing for improved care in hospitals and across the healthcare system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">\u201cThe staffing shortages across healthcare really are the worst that we\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Mehra said. \u201cIt\u2019s the pandemic, people are burnt out, and it\u2019s also increasing workloads for years and years without respite. We think we need north of 50,000 full-time equivalent positions in Ontario. We need 30,000 or so just for long term care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">Mehra claims Ontario funds healthcare at the lowest rate of any province in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">\u201cWhat we\u2019re calling for is to bring the funding for healthcare up to the average of the rest of Canada. We\u2019re not calling for the sun, moon, and sky, but that would be sufficient.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\">The 2022 Ontario general election will be held June 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5 c13\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackburnnews.com\/sarnia\/sarnia-news\/2022\/05\/05\/health-coalition-asking-provincial-candidates-prioritize-healthcare\/\"><span class=\"c12\">Link to the original article<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(May 5, 2022) By: Melanie Irwin, Sarnia News Today Ontario Health Coalition supporters at Queen\u2019s Park rally, October 10, 2018 (Photo from OHC Facebook). The Ontario Health Coalition is calling on provincial election candidates to make commitments to improve all aspects of healthcare if elected next month. Lt.-Gov. 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