'Today's government announcement is nothing more than shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic.'
Ontario health-care workers, advocates and politicians say they are "deeply troubled" by the slew of health-care and long-term care announcements released Thursday, claiming the plan prioritizes private solutions to public problems.
"Today's government announcement is nothing more than shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic. Placing patients into 'vacant' long-term care beds and 'alternative health facilities' is another disaster waiting to happen," ONA President Cathryn Hoy said in a statement. Unifor, a union representing more than 30,000 health and social services workers, said their members "are not ok" and that's why many are leaving to work with agencies.
"Our health-care system is more than nurses and PSWs and shortages of staff are seen across the spectrum from cleaners to paramedics to technologists to cooks," Payne writes.
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