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\nProtestors gather outside Windsor Regional Hospital to draw attention to the health care crisis across the province in Windsor, Ont. on Monday, Dec, 12, 2022. (Sijia Liu\/CTV News Windsor)<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cWe have an example of what that looks like right across the river, Americans who are going bankrupt trying to access health care services. We cannot see that happen in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Similar protests were held in Toronto and Kitchener by the OHA.<\/p>\n
Alan Warrington with the Ontario Nurses Association, who is also a nurse at the London Health Sciences Centre says the added workload is putting a strain on mental health.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany healthcare workers are suffering from mental illness and there aren\u2019t enough services out there,\u201d he said. \u201cHaving to take on additional care without the resources is facilitating an environment that’s right for psychological and physical breakdown.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a national healthcare industry survey, employer brand consultancy Blu Ivy Group asked 359 healthcare workers, \u201cWhat would you like to add about the state of healthcare in Canada?\u201d<\/p>\n
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