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Ontario will give hospitals the authority to move patients into long-term care or retirement residences without their consent.
It’s the latest step by the Doug Ford government in response to hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients.
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Health Minister Christine Elliott said doctors will ensure that these are patients who can be properly cared for in another setting.
“This temporary emergency order will provide hospitals with the flexibility to transfer certain patients, those whose doctors have determined no longer require hospital care and could be better supported in a more appropriate setting, to a long-term care or retirement home,” Elliott said Wednesday.