Toronto General Hospital under 'critical care bed alert,' says ICUs at full capacity
"Due to multiple factors including issues driven by the ongoing pandemic, we are experiencing a staffing shortage that requires this action," Gillian Howard, spokesperson for University Health Network, which includes Toronto General Hospital, said in the email. ONA president Cathryn Hoy said on Monday that over the weekend, hospitals had to close units, reduce the number of beds or redirect patients to other locations. She called the situation a "disaster" and warned that the staffing shortages seen in hospitals across the province on the weekend will only get worse.
The alert also comes amid a growing chorus of opposition MPPs calling for on Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones to provide tangible solutions to what they say is a crisis facing the province's health-care system.Jones told The Canadian Press on Tuesday that the provincial government is looking at how to get more internationally trained nurses working in the province in order to ease staffing shortages.
She said the government will introduce "additional measures" to boost capacity, and specifically mentioned a backlog of internationally trained health workers waiting for certifications.
fordnation still smoking crack?
Because people are going into cardiac arrest.
I thought beds were purchased for this “wave” . Oh right you need health care workers if those beds are to be utilized. Implementing policies which saw those same heros fired for refusing to be injected. More and more are walking away.
fake news zombie tv
Wasn't it the CEO of TGH out there encouraging young ppl to get the vax - free ice cream.
Wonder if it is because of all the side effects 'no one has any idea what is causing' but if def is NOT the jab...
You don't say..
Give ‘em another booster. It will fix ‘em.
Oh, hang on, fordnation just said we were fine! That everyone is being seen with the allowable time frame for health care! This is going to get way worse, what is Doug's lousy excuse going to be then? If Doug Ford ever needs an ER, make sure he waits his damn turn!
Is the govt. Letting the system crumble as an excuse to privatize! Where is the govt. Respo se to this major crisis - nurses working extra long shifts, quitting from exhaustion- this is scary!!
Fixed it. fordnation cares more about playing golf for FoundationComo than Ontario's health care. nonvotersfailedontario dougfordisdestroyingontario NeverVoteConservative NeverVoteppc repelbill124 healthcare
Are we ready to threaten to deny the jabbed healthcare for the voluntarily experiment they took and straining the healthcare system or does that only work one way?
😂 have fun clowns
We have been in this “pandemic” for almost 3 years. Hospitals still haven’t added any type of capacity!? lol. What an absolute joke Canada’s healthcare system is.
What is your administration doing fordnation JustinTrudeau cafreeland CP24 ontarionurses
Shocking. Treat hospital staff like experiments and see how long they last... nobody with a brain is going to believe this is still an emergency 2 years into thus when we have done everything we're suppose to do. Health care system can't carrying the weight of Trudeaus nonsense
Maybe health people shouldn’t have been fired from their jobs
So not from covid-19? This sounds like misinformation
ravbasil Full of vaccinated patients with heart problems, hmmm. Ah, I’m sure it’s nothing.
Omg people. Just chill. That email comes once a week. PS: I am not saying we don’t have a problem. We (Ontarians) are in deep s**t.
We're in a pandemic
Our intensive cares are overfilled and lack of staff but we're sending money to other countries to help them to me I wonder why they do this when your country is already in its own turmoil fix your own country first then help everyone else
Welcome to your present and future. A permanent housing crisis and a permanent lack of access to already suspect healthcare. All it took was 50 years to turn Canada from a nice place into SNL skit.
A problem our way phizer loving gov created.
Have they tried firing nurses and not letting them collect EI? Really show how disposable they are.
This has been going on for at least 20 years. And if hospitals don't want to hire unvaccinated people then they cannot complain about the mess they are supporting. 99% were fully vaxxed so it would not affect them, remember. And that was at the prime of covid.
'Staffing shortages' - Publish a story on why unvaccinated nurses aren't being brought back to work.
A friend in the Niagara police says they will often tie up 10 or more officers in the ER with drug addicted or mental patients. So glad we’re paying big dollars to keep them alive.
SylviaJonesMPP still won’t speak to the CBC I see! fordnation repeal the Bill! It was a campaign promise! Or did you suddenly forget!
And…Canada still don’t accept foreign successful doctors, nurses and other medical staff from foreign countries.
The Ford government is accelerating the approvals for additional staff to join the team at hospitals.
Maybe someone older (are they allowed) on your 'news' team can recall doing a story of a lack-of-capacity trend than started 50 years ago? Or a story done at any point in that span?
petrichorvader Sure. Too many boosters.
Why is that? Please explain using specifics.
What could possibly be causing such a surge in heart related issues 🧐
This is a big part of their problem but the media and governments refuse to acknowledge the problem.
Investigative journalism is dead. Had to look at the replies to see why the hospital is in panic mode.
I’ll be expecting some massive tax rebates in the mail !!!
Hyping that vax has been good for business.
Ontario gave Ford's PC's another majority, and now is about to learn exactly what that entails.
How about we change the term 'bed capacity' to 'safe staffing levels'
Why can’t we just pay nurses what they deserve?
Not because of COVID. Only 4 ICU cases in ALL UHN hospitals at present, as per their own website:
What oh what could be causing all these heart problems. ... No way the vaccine. That's insane to even think. My 4th booster almost killed me. But man was it worth it
SylviaJonesMPP and fordnation are far too busy golfing and enjoying their summer at the cottage to deal with the collapse of our hospitals.
If only they had millions of dollars and two years to figure shit out...🙄
The CEO gets paid close to a million dollars a year so perhaps he has a solution. 🙄😬
bblancasterr Is this the pandemic of the unvaccinated that you warned us about?
lindahaslett But Trudeau’s haircut? How does the haircut relate to this? I don’t see the connection. What does this have to do with his haircut?
This is frightening. My heart goes out to the staff and patients. fordnation and SylviaJonesMPP need to be held accountable.
The question is- WHY is this happening?
For all those clamouring for Doug Ford to do more. Do we really want him solving this crisis? Don’t we have well paid hospital ceo’s and experts to handle this? Dougie needs to open the check book and get out of the way
liberal_party doesn’t want to pay for doctors and nurses. JustinTrudeau is going to have you pay to see one. First steps to privatize hospitals that taxpayers paid for across Canada. They are making healthcare fail! Canada TwoTierHealthCare cdnpoli TheGreatReset
What's causing all the heart issues? Gotta be Climate Change.
Where is Ford?
The Ontario government shut down the province when COVID drove Hospital ICA’s to full capacity. Where is fordnation now!?
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