Sylvia Jones made the comments as the legislature resumed Monday and said the "ebbs and flows" of health-care workers taking vacation during the summertime were partly to blame for the temporary closures.
"We are doing that with all of our health-care partners, including Ontario Health, including CEOs and presidents of the 141 hospital corporations that operate within the province of Ontario." Anthony Dale said the OHA is working closely with the provincial government and Ontario Health to implement both short- and long-term solutions to address the "urgent" health human resources challenges in the province and to ensure that hospitals and other health provider organizations "have as much support as possible during this historic time."
"At this critical time, it is essential that everyone stand together and work to have a ‘Team Ontario’ approach to address the very challenging issues facing the health-care system."
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Imagine that your only arguement is that your government may not be the worst ever.
She is out to much get rid of her
So because this is happening in other provinces Ontario should just get over it?! This lady needs to be fired!
To the 57% of you who didn’t bother to show up, this is on you. Ontario got the government it deserved. Enjoy the four very, very damaging years to come.
So do something about it
So you're going to do nothing because the problem already existed? What a dumb take SylviaJonesMPP fordnation. You, and the rest of the govt, should be taking proactive steps to fix this because you work for us. End of the day, Ontarians pay your salaries.
Useless Ford government
Your not a doctor or medical expert. Why are you in charge of this 🤔
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Which is it in your opinion? Is SylviaJonesMPP lying to us, just incompetent or both?
Oh so that make’s it ok? Instead of making excuses, make a difference! DO SOMETHING!!!
It was definitely worse before the NDP gave us healthcare, I suppose. Do people really vote for these clowns?
Translated: “…I was elected to do a job but our ‘premier’ has set the example that as we have a majority so we don’t really have to work. Now if you’ll all excuse me I have a photo op at a golf game to attend..”
Does anyone remember ambulances being diverted due to over crowded emergency rooms? This was long before the Conservatives were in control.
Well....glad she cleared that up.
If people stopped going in for a bloody boo boo that might help
FireSylviaJones Conservatives misleading, lying, and distorting facts. Clearly they are dismantling healthcare to privatize the system. FordFailedHealthcare
Better they suit up and go work in the sidelines with our healthcare workers! Maybe and this is a MAYBE it will be an eye opener just how tough and stressful it can be and not to be supported!
Why are we listening to this clown?
This woman is 🗑
Shut up and fix it! You are in a power position, representing “US” the citizens so, be honest if you aren’t capable hired capable people just fix it… ShameOnYou
She’s right… in that it’s not unprecedented. When Mike Harris was premier, he fired a whole lot of them which arguably, Ontario never really recovered from. Now Ford refuses to pay them what they’re worth for the work they’re taking on, so they’re leaving by the thousands.
HelenaTsapoitis shortages are sue to Nurses vacations..... gotcha!
So all is well & normal
SylviaJonesMPP is a falsifier of information. As a life long Ontarian I’ve never seen it to this extent.
Don't let anyone tell you that this was about the safety & health of the public. It was a grift to big pharma, & all the politicians got paid. Now they're ready to see more people killed & suffer in order to save face & by doubling down. Our so-called leaders belong behind bars.
Yup it's just unions scaring ppl to make profits off ppls backs
Unprecedented or not you’re not being very responsive or equipped to dissect the nuances in the health system’s challenges.
Says the health minister who has a journalism degree 🤣🤣🤣
Bullshit. Why are we paying this government? What are they actually doing for us at this point?
What is unprecedented is an entire govt who deliberate robs our healthcare sector of much needed funding!
politicsfisher So according to Jones this would be the first time in Ontario history that nurses have taken vacations and this is why we are where we are. I guess according to them after being on vacation since the election nurses aren’t entitled to a vacation. Contract talk time vilify them
Shameless liars these conservatives
What qualifications does this woman have to opine on or manage health care? Does she even understand her job?
You guys have your own healthcare system for the elite. You will understand the public system when 1 day you go to the ER, line up like every body else & get pushed around from 1 place to the other & wait & wait then 8 or 10 hours later see the doctor & 2 hours later go home
Not unprecedented = Disastrous & embarrassing
Not unprecedented my ass!!
its funny the gotrain guys are hiring the unvaxxed since the vaxxed are off sick ,,, just strange times
I call BS
And ...aren't going to do anything about it right now. Good luck everyone you are on your own!
fordnation SylviaJonesMPP, legacy of this Conservative Party on the ontariohealthcrisis, summed up 'incompetent'. RepealBill124
fordnation instead of providing SOLUTIONS, DOUBLES DOWN on the rhetoric
Seriously? Jones is a disaster already... 🤬 OnPoli FordAbomiNation FordFailedThePeople HealthCareCrisis NeverVoteConservative FireSylviaJones
Another dillusional liar that got some of fordnation for brainwashing juice
LIES LIES LIES LIES SylviaJonesMPP hang your head in shame as you tell blatant lies.
Oh wait Doug Ford is going to blame the federal government for are health care system collapse. And who voted you in 🤡
Really 🤨 how pathetic. Not only they fired nurses during the first peak and during the pandemic. Just ask SouthlakeRHC THP_hospital; take responsibility for what it is provincial government jurisdiction.
Someone give SylviaJonesMPP a dictionary and a conscience.
When was the last time 20+ ERs were shut down all at the same time due to staffing shortages?
politicsfisher I’m 50. I’ve never seen this many closures in my lifetime. Not even close.
I honestly think that the staff in all hospitals decided to take a “Covid- acation” They deserve the break. All new Canadians from regions where it is hot 400 days of the year and aren’t used to a sore throat and listen to the “Liberal propaganda machine” Take Tylenol and rest!
AND: She claimed that they have already done 'quite a lot'? Really How bad would the healthcare crisis be if they had not done 'quite a lot'?
Not helpful
Is she as nasty a behatch as that noxious skunk Fullerton?
Ontarians just re-elected these incompetent losers. Good job guys.
That’s a load of BS.
“Not unprecedented for a province run by conservatives” fordnation SylviaJonesMPP OntarioPCCaucus codymwelton Uncle Buck how are you doing after a long day ?
what a pile .. when people retire your supposed to replace .. not with casual work force .. replace full time with full time
lindahaslett Word salad by Sylvia Jones.
Every party that has been in power in Ontario has done a whole lot of nothing for health care only worried about votes maybe it’s time for private healthcare maybe it’s time for an end to no accountability from hospital CEOs the whole healthcare system need s major change
The state of healthcare was much worse in the 15th century. Be satisfied says SylviaJonesMPP
Hire back the unvaccinated!
Of course is not 'unprecedented'; before we had a national health care system people were dying of preventable conditions, that is the precedent we're facing if FordFoundation continues to sabotage our publicly funded system.
So you found the $4 Billion dollars?
STAFFING SHORTAGES ARE NOT DUE TO VACATIONS. The responsibility for the mismanagement, underfunding, disrespect of HCWs, & Bill 124 is on fordnation & the OntarioPCParty. Stop the gaslighting & do something other than write letters. RepealBill124 NursesAreTheBackboneOfHC
HOLYYYYYY FUUUUUCK 🤬🤬🤬🤬
fordnation JustinTrudeau the Federal goverment will NOT make the same mistake and give you money for health care without proof money spent on fixing health care, not giving it to rich friends and building unnecessary highway. FORD fix the problem
How the hell does she know anything, this is an ongoing mess created many years ago made worse by covvid and Bill 124. Nurses couldn’t get full time jobs only causal and part time before pandemic cause hospitals were trying to maximize bottom lines and use more PSW and RPN
Get rid of her
SylviaJonesMPP fordnation Wow!! Not unprecedented! In my entire life I have never seen nor heard of ER'S closing. SylviaJonesMPP fordnation you did this!! Your diploma in board cast journalism will not help you fix the problem FORD created!!
Words of an unqualified failure and ......loser
Instead of dr’s doing nurses jobs they should get management hr and the people at home doing there job come and see what real work is
Privitaze hospitals = less pay for workers = people all over the world can come into this country and apply and that’s what they’re exactly doing
For the people who don’t believe it’s not happening elsewhere…
Are. You. Kidding. Me?
This makes my head explode. 🤯
Theyre doing all this cause they are going to privatize
Vaccines will prevent you from catching and transmitting covid to they said.
Omg the epitome of gaslighting!
SylviaJonesMPP: ‘Just because we are overseeing the collapse of the healthcare system and doing absolutely nothing about it, doesn’t make it our fault!’
Bill C-124 is unprecedented, though.
You guys should try digging and doing some actual reporting. This is just parroting a false quote
Let her be in the hospital and have to wait over an hour to get help to use the washroom, or to get her meds.
Obviously she does not know the meaning of that word, unprecedented.
that makes it all right then I guess ... we have had poor Hospital performance in the past so today is ? normal ?
Need a private/ public option
Alot of bs from someone who has no experience working in the health care system before
Hmmm... I've been nrsg for 25 years and haven't seen anything like this. It's was a bit shitty in the late 90s when Harris was closing hospitals but this current situation is worse
What difference does that make its broken now fix it . FordsFailingOntario fordnation
Well we know one thing that is unprecedented. The incompetency and uncaring of the entire fordnation administration
Yes it is. Well, maybe similar to the Mike Harris nightmare. No, this is worse….
That's hardly an endorsement.
Unbelievable. She's going to end up with a general strike in the fall.
Don't blame staff for taking their holiday and PTO...blame the fact that almost every unit in our hospitals are short staffed while others have completely closed, you cannot run what few nurses there are left into the ground. Hire more nurses. Make it easier to apply for nursing.
This is a nationwide problem. So deal with it.
Oh come on!…Is she living in the twilight zone? Looking for honest leadership not untrue excuses.
15 years of HC underfunding by McGuinty/Wynne, who also refused to increase medical school spots, created huge wait times & hallway medicine. But fools think it’s all Ford’s fault because he didn’t fix all the Lib’s failures in his 1 year in office before a virus took over. 🙄
Correct. Look at other jurisdictions which have Cons in power.
Of course she would say that. “Not my fault, others failed and we have to clean up their mess” I smell something 💩💩💩 and its being shovelled by the tonne
blaming doctors and nurses for taking vacations? REALLY? where have you been hiding health minister?
She had better smarten up, start feeling the severe pain of the system, fast. This is just awful. Doesn’t she even care, or what? She’s playing detached, “tough luck, Ontario” card. Disgraceful. Fire her, fordnation PS I’m a good Tory…imagine the public sentiment out there.
This govt's strategy is saying things that aren't true, and pretending that by the sheer act of uttering the words, they are. But they are not. They are lies. We are still in trouble. Ignoring an issue doesn't make it go away. In fact unchecked, it grows and spreads.
How does a person that has a diploma in radio broadcasting become a minister of health? Anyone? fordnation
SylviaJonesMPP what is the precedent you refer to?
Unbelievable, with Ford keept destroying our province daily. Useless to run the province
I have a great idea. Why don't you fire all of the unboosted healthcare workers? They're probably one and a 1/2 years since their last shots. Efficacy has waned. Makes sense right?
Yeah, it’s always been expensive and crappy lol.
If step down if I was her
Politicians are a joke
'This situation is not unprecedented… People die all the time… This is not new…'
Lies lies lies
Yes. Because the problem is whether or not this has happened before...
No we just don't have ER's open shortage of nurses and alot of ambulance trucks aren't running but the system is fine 👌🏻 sounds about right 🤷🏻♀️ is SylviaJonesMPP ok? Obviously we know she isn't but she has to make herself look good per usual!
Immigration is not a reason for the shortages, many of the immigrants become doctors and nurses. Lots of nurses quit after the third wave. They were tired of getting pissed on and being told it was raining.
Been the same since 2011. Unfortunately, the plans the conservatives had were superseded by covid.
What a clown
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