Premier Doug Ford says province is prepared to pull operating licences and shut down facilities if necessary
The Holland Christian Homes long term care home in Mississauga, Ont., on May 26 2020. A Canadian military report details numerous issues at several Ontario long term care homes.Ontario is taking over management of four of the five long-term care homes that were the subject of a Canadian Armed Forces report that the premier has called “horrific.”
He says Ontario is fully prepared to pull operating licences and shut down facilities if necessary, or take over management at more homes.Ford says the province has started the takeover process at Eatonville Care Centre, Hawthorne Place Care Centre, Altamont Care Community, Orchard Villa, as well as Camilla Care Community, which was not in the report, but has seen 61 residents die during a COVID-19 outbreak.
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