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A healthcare advocacy group has lost a Charter challenge of legislation that allows hospitals to send Alternate Level of Care patients to a long-term care home.<\/p>\n
The Ontario Health Coalition argued Bill 7 unfairly targeted seniors.<\/p>\n
However, an Ontario court judge dismissed the case, ruling the harms to ALC patients caused by legislation was modest, and the $400 per day fee to remain in a hospital bed was not coercive.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt most, they require an ALC patient who wishes to remain in hospital pending an available space in their preferred long-term care home to contribute approximately one-third of the cost of that hospital be,\u201d ruled Justice Robert Centa.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe benefits of Bill 7 significantly outweigh any of the supposed limitations on rights that it imposes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Coalition\u2019s Executive Director, Natalie Mehra, is shocked and disappointed by the decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did not expect this result, and it impacts really literally more than 100,000 people now and in coming years, untold hundreds of thousands of Ontarians,\u201d says Mehra.<\/p>\n
However, Mehra says they will not appeal the decision because of the associated costs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t afford to appeal. That\u2019s just the bottom line. It\u2019s hundreds of thousands of dollars to do these cases, and the only money available is what we can raise from the public, from concerned people,\u201d says Mehra.<\/p>\n
Mehra apologizes for being unable to continue a court fight but says the organization will continue to fight for policy change in the legislature.<\/p>\n
The Ontario Health Coalition also lost a separate court case seeking a halt to the operating licence of the Orchard Villa long-term care home in Pickering.<\/p>\n
The home saw more than 70 residents die of COVID, with more than 200 of 233 contracting the virus during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
A report from the Canadian Military called in to help staff identified unsanitary conditions and sub-standard quality of care practices.<\/p>\n
The court ruled coalition failed to prove unfairness in the government\u2019s decision to award.<\/p>\n
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