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TORONTO – The vaccination obligation is there and will remain in force. Not even the shortage of staff that has led to a crisis with more emergency rooms closed on weekends is enough to soften the hard line of Ontario hospitals that require employees to immunize against Covid-19.
TORONTO – Ontario school students will not have to wear masks during the fall semester: the Ministry of Education confirmed it today. The use of protective equipment will be voluntary and masks will be available to students upon request. Rapid tests will also remain available in schools.
The fall semester 2022 will therefore be the first, complete, since the beginning of the pandemic, in which Ontario students will not be forced to wear masks. Unless the situation worsens and the reintroduction of security measures is not necessary. On this, however, the government has not yet expressed itself: the details of a possible “plan B” in the event of an increase in infections are lacking. (more…)
TORONTO – La storia si ripete. Come accade da qualche settimana, anche questo weekend, i pronto soccorso di numerosi ospedali dell’Ontario sono rimasti chiusi. È successo al sito di Durham del South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC), al Georgian Bay General Hospital e al Monfort Hospital di Ottawa rimasto chiuso di notte per far fronte a una “carenza senza precedenti” di infermieri…
TORONTO – History repeats itself. As has been the case for a few weeks, also this weekend, the emergency rooms of numerous hospitals in Ontario remained closed. It happened to the Durham site of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC), georgian Bay General Hospital and Ottawa’s Monfort Hospital that was closed at night to cope with an “unprecedented shortage” of nurses. And last week it was the turn of Perth, Listowel, Seaforth and Bowmanville, where Lakeridge Health temporarily closed its intensive care unit and relocated patients to the Ajax-Pickering and Oshawa campuses.
TORONTO – “Crisi è la parola giusta”. Ad aggiungersi al coro di medici e infermieri che lanciano l’allarme è anche il vicepresidente responsabile di Ontario Health Chris Simpson. La crescente pressione sul sistema sanitario della provincia non è frutto della fantasia ma una triste realtà anche se il governo Ford continua a negare l’evidenza minimizzando la gravità della situazione. “Sul settore dell’assistenza sanitaria grava una pressione e un peggioramento che penso, avvertiamo tutti, è tangibile – ha detto Simpson – dire che c’è una crisi è descrivere con una sola parola la situazione nei nostri ospedali”…
