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About 25 Ontario hospitals scaled back operations on weekend due to staff shortages, union says

Posted: Aug 02, 2022 5:33 AM ET | Last Updated: 2 hours agoCathryn Hoy, provincial president of the Ontario Nurses' Association , said on Monday the hospitals had to close units, reduce the number of beds or redirect patients to other locations. She called the situation a "disaster" and warned that the staff shortages seen in hospitals across the province on the weekend will only get worse.

Hoy said she thinks the September long weekend will be "horrendous." The ONA represents 68,000 nurses and health-care professionals and 18,000 nursing student affiliates. "The government needs to sit down with us, pay people what they should be paid, look at getting staffing in them, change some of the programming because people need a rest," she said.Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario , said on Monday the nursing staff shortage has reached a critical point. She described the situation as "dire.

"We need giant steps, which means all solutions on board at once. And also these solutions cannot wait until the legislature resumes on August 8. They need to happen now," she said.

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