An urgent care clinic in Minden, Ont., replacing its closed ER, is set to start operating on weekends only and is expected to open in time for the Canada Day holiday.
Hospital workers whose unions fought Premier Doug Ford’s Bill 124 wage restraint legislation limiting them to raises of one per cent annually have won pay hikes of 3.75 per cent for last year and 2.5 per cent this year.
Hospital staff marched across Charlton Avenue on Monday to St. Joseph’s Hospital furthering outraged in the medical community over contacting out surgeries to private clinics.
Ontario is renewing funding that helps rural and northern hospitals bolster emergency room staffing through the summer, but says the program will end after this year.