As hospitals across Ontario battle a surge in respiratory illnesses, ER closures, and long-wait times, one is considering hiring unvaccinated health-care workers, who say they’re eager to help ease staffing shortages.
There are currently over 3,200 people hospitalized with COVID-19 and a record number of adults with the virus were admitted to intensive care units in the past 24 hours.
Doctors at the region s largest healthcare centre say that they are seeing the same increases in hospitalizations as the rest of the province; however, the challenge isn t the number of admissions but the number of staff to care for them.
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) says it is "disappointed" that the Quebec and Ontario provincial governments have decided not to require mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for health care workers. In a press release on Thursday, CMA president.
The Canadian Medical Association says it is disappointed that the Quebec and Ontario provincial governments have decided not to require mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for health-care workers.