Ontario extends program that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid ER closures

The Boyle Healthcare Centre emergency department is facing a shortage of doctors who can’t work over the holidays.

Ontario is extending a program that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid temporary ER closures for another six months.A program that helps rural and northern hospitals bring in temporary doctors will be extended for six months. Ontario is extending a program that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid temporary ER closures for another six months.

It had been set to expire again at the end of this month, and the Ministry of Health has now told eligible hospitals that it will now be in effect until Sept. 30.

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