Ontario's official opposition health critic said any plan by the Ontario government to move towards health privatization would be a disaster.
Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas was responding to news reports out of Toronto Wednesday where Health Minister Sylvia Jones suggested that health care privatization is an option on the table for dealing with the staffing crisis that has shut down emergency rooms in some parts of the province.
“It would mean losing nurses, doctors and PSWs leaving the public system to work privately, making the health care crisis even worse. It could mean that people are forced to pay out of pocket, or wait longer for care. "The way to fix it is for the Ford government to finally answer the pleas of overworked and burnt out health care workers, health experts and patients — and invest in recruiting, returning, retaining and respecting health care workers," said Gélinas.
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