{"id":19421,"date":"2022-08-26T17:12:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T21:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=19421"},"modified":"2022-09-17T17:13:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T21:13:14","slug":"bill-7-ontario-plans-to-bypass-public-hearings-to-pass-controversial-ltc-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/bill-7-ontario-plans-to-bypass-public-hearings-to-pass-controversial-ltc-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill 7: Ontario plans to bypass public hearings to pass controversial LTC bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

(August 25, 2022)<\/span><\/p>\n

By: Alex Last, CHCH<\/span><\/p>\n

There is mounting pressure from the opposition tonight as the Ford government plans to bypass public hearings in order to quickly pass controversial long-term care legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bill 7 would allow hospital patients to be moved to a temporary long-term care home without their consent and if they refuse, a fee could be charged and some estimate it could be thousands of dollars a day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHospital beds weren\u2019t made for long-term care patients and what\u2019s happening is that it\u2019s clogging up the emergency departments, delaying surgeries, these problems are decades in the making,\u201d Premier Ford said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Opposition parties are calling for clarity, \u201ccruelty is not a solution. These seniors, these people with disabilities\u2026 they\u2019ve done nothing wrong. What\u2019s wrong is the broken long-term care and home care systems. Systems that have been cut and privatized to the bone,\u201d NDP MPP Peter Tabuns said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under Bill 7, patients can\u2019t be physically forced out of the hospital, but if someone refuses a transfer it\u2019s unclear what may happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Long-term care minister Paul Calandra has stated that they should absolutely be charged a fee. If they are subject to the hospital\u2019s uninsured rates it could mean patients are out of pocket thousands of dollars a day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen someone can not afford to pay to stay in the hospital, how far away is the government willing to move them?,\u201d Tabuns said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe status quo is simply not an option any longer,\u201d long-term care minister Paul Calandra did not directly answer the question, but the liberals say for some, it could be far away from family.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are now learning that in the north, patients could be sent to a long-term care home 300 kilimetres away. Further south that limit could be 100 kilometres away and in city\u2019s 30 kilometres,\u201d MPP Dr. Adil Shamji said. The liberals say a source at Queen\u2019s Park provided that information.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ford government insisted that the hospital sector has called for this move that would free up 2,500 more beds.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ontario Medical Association (OMA), representing doctors in the province, is also supporting the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n

The OMA is calling on the government to ensure transfers are conducted in a dignified way for certain populations, especially those with language barriers.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement late this afternoon, the Ontario Health Coalition says the pandemic exposed horrific conditions of care in some long-term care homes adding that many seniors are frightened.<\/span><\/p>\n

When it comes to just how far a patient may be transfered, the premier\u2019s office tells CHCH News today that no set distance has been decided on just yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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