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Order of compliance issued to Newmarket, Ont. long-term care home due to 'inadequate staffing' amid outbreak


 
TORONTO
A long-term care home in Newmarket, Ont. has been issued an order of compliance by the region’s medical officer of health due to “inadequate staffing” and poor infection control practices during a COVID-19 outbreak.
The order was issued to Extendicare (Canada) Inc., the operators of Southlake Residential Care Village near Davis Drive and Prospect Street, on March 15.
According to a spokesperson, there were “inadequate staffing levels and insufficient infection prevention and control practices during a COVID-19 outbreak” at the 224-bed facility.
Under Section 29.2(1) of the Health Protection and Promotion Act, medical officers of health have the authority to require a long-term care home or a retirement home to take specific action in the midst of an outbreak. ....

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