As military personnel provide assistance at Ontario long-term-care homes struggling with COVID19 outbreaks, the Canadian Armed Forces release a scathing report on dire conditions in those facilities
Merrilee Fullerton, Ontario's Minister of Long-Term Care answers questions at Queen's Park in Toronto on May 26, 2020.
Even now, the situation isn’t under control. Although 142 outbreaks have been resolved according to the ministry, there are still 150 active outbreaks, meaning that nearly half of the province’s 626 LTC homes have either experienced or are enduring outbreaks. in an effort to stop infected staff from spreading COVID-19. Even then, the regulation had gaping loopholes, such as not applying to private agency staff that were called into homes experiencing worker shortages.
Now comes word that in addition to the military report sent to federal ministers on May 14, the provincial coroner is investigating one death at Orchard Villa in Pickering. The provincial government has committed only to holding a commission, not an independent inquiry.
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