A spokesperson for Oshawa hospital Lakeridge Health said the facility's system was able to deflect the cyberattack.
A new study from the University of Toronto says millions more Ontarians will live with major illness by 2040. Experts say a "radical rethink" is needed for hospitals to cope.A new study indicates Ontario's hospital system will struggle to cope with increasing chronic illness cases over the next 20 years. A new study projects that millions more Ontarians will live with major illness by 2040.
"It's about a radical rethink of our health-care system and where we place a priority," he said. " need to radically rethink the role of hospitals, and how to change our wider health-care system to meet that challenge head on." These numbers are especially concerning given the health-care system has already seen significant challenges in recent years, said Dr. Laura Rosella, one of the study's co-authors.
According to the study, the significant increase in chronic illness is largely due to a population that is both aging and growing at a rapid rate. The number of people over 65 in the province is on track to grow by more than 60 per cent, to 4.2 million in 2040. Many of the conditions expected to see large growth in the coming years are those associated with aging, like dementia, hearing loss and osteoarthritis.
"One thing that's really clear is a focus on prevention and early detection, " she said. "Many of these conditions, even though they're associated with aging, they're not inevitable. And in fact, delaying the onset of these conditions, even five or 10 years, makes a major difference.""There's not going to be one drug or one innovation that's going to address all of this," she said.
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