As Ontario hospitals grapple with staffing pressures from the latest wave of COVID-19 cases, critics are voicing concerns that surgeries could again be cancelled.
NDP calls on Ford government to take steps in avoiding postponing long-delayed surgeriesA nurse sits behind a sign in the Humber River Hospital emergency department in Toronto on Jan. 13.
Days after the province's top doctor said Ontario might see up to 600 patients in intensive care during the ongoing sixth wave, hospitals say they're already feeling pressure as a result of staff absences due to the virus.
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