The president and CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association said the organization understands that many Ontario hospitals are experiencing "an unprecedented escalation of staffing pressures right now" and are working to develop temporary measures to help maintain services.
"At this critical time, it is essential that everyone stand together and work to have a 'Team Ontario' approach to address the very challenging issues facing the health-care system." Cathryn Hoy, president of the Ontario Nurses' Association, said Jones' comments that suggested nurse vacations are responsible are "disrespectful."Nurses have taken vacations during the summer in previous years and it has not led to ER closures, Hoy added.
Get your head out of the sand lady!!!!
Yes they are not unprecedented because Ontario's HCS has been in shambles for years. Hospital ERS should not be closing, ICUs should not have to limit there intake. When will fordnation and the OntarioPCParty take responsibility?
Is this supposed to comfort a rapidly-aging population?
I wish someone would ask her when was the last time this happened - in my 40 years of adulting, I can’t recall
Soooo many issues with that article. First, no where is it mentioned when these massive amounts of ER closures happened before. If she is going to say it, demand proof. Second, the retort to that lie is so far down past the fold, it may as well not exist.
Ontario can look forward to 4 more years of ER closures are not unprecedented .
So let’s say it not the first time does that make it ok in your books?! I honestly thinks is part of you plan to promote and push privatization of health care
It’s like she really doesn’t want to do her job.
Isn’t the media’s purpose to report the truth? Why are you just repeating the ford govt lies?
CBCPitchbot are you freelancing for the CBC again?
Could you try a little due diligence on this statement first?
If this is true then the media’s next question should be to ask them for their data to back up this claim. Not unprecedented? Okay so when did this last happen? 1918?
Perhaps the honourable Minister could provide data regarding the precedent occurrences.
Completely normal that ERs shut down across the province. People should learn to schedule their emergencies better.
Bullshit
Neither is [redacted] politicians... in minecraft.
fordnation SylviaJonesMPP your whole government is a joke. You do nothing and blame everything on everyone else. You and everyone who voted for you can kiss my ass.
She speaks for the 37% that voted PC and is sticking it and lying to the 67% that did not
'It's fine because long wait times and underfunded Healthcare is nothing new' um, I don't think that's the win she thinks it is.
Doesn’t make it right.
Oh I guess everything is fine then because it's not unprecedented. What a joke of a response. Precedence is irrelevant. Just because ER's have closed previously don't make this situation OK. Fix it!!! RepealBill124
Oh… well, no problem then. Right? Nice try Con. We don’t believe you.
Sounds like SylviaJonesMPP needs to shut up and actually fix shit.
So what she’s saying is it’s ok because all the other jurisdictions are challenged too? So no solution? Lol omg
“Ebb and flow” doesn’t close ERs forcing people to fond an open ER and perhaps losing critical time. Don’t insult us with this nonsense. And to those Ontarians who didn’t vote, this is why elections matter.
Never mind other jurisdictions. Ontario has the money. Instead it capped salaries and held money back. Ford is doing this on purpose. Even the feds are aware of this and refuse to forward more money without strings.
The CBC is a fascist-supporting news outlet
'It's not unusual for gov't healthcare to be garbage' That doesn't make it better.
You misspelled the last word: “lies”
Does that make it ok. Omg
If a Minister said it, clearly we should trust them 🙄
Question: Is she as nasty a behatch as that noxious skunk Fullerton?
Officer, I'm sure you realize that murder is not unprecedented. How is this an argument?
Can all you voters for fordnation please tweet your reasons for voting for this government. Please address theses specific topics Education Healthcare Nepotism Senior’s homes
I hope Sylvia Jones doesn't expect to book a vacation anytime soon.
Hey editors, when gov officials say things that are blatantly untrue, perhaps don't repeat their message uncritically in your headline? I mean, if a gov minister said, 'the earth is flat,' would your headline be, 'Earth is flat, minister says' ? I would hope not.
Oh that makes it OK then 🤦🏻
Public health minimizers will literally minimize anything. Next it will be not unique , mild, disability and deaths. Now drag your sick-self out of bed and spend money!
Oh well then
Is everyone enjoying government run healthcare yet?
fordnation is so completely out of touch with the people of Ontario it feels like satire, and yet it’s disgustingly real.
“Not unprecedented” as in only happens when we have an incompetent government.
So, is not unprecedented because... It's happening across the country?!? 'That's not a large forest fire, because it's too big!'
Doug Ford derogation of duty to implement privatization which was not on the voting ballot - Remove him from office!
fordnation is a failure as a leader.
When you are responsible for a department and you don’t take the necessary actions to assure its proper operation, you are definitely responsible for your incompetent management.
SylviaJonesMPP please resign immediately.
Do something about it, instead of just talking about it !
Where is the lottery ticket money going? Originally it was going to be used to improve our health system. Now, is it for sports, advertising and huge salaries?
Why wasn't the trading of nurses increased? What is going on in the hospitals and the colleges of nursing? This is clearly a failure of government, the medical bureaucracy and the colleges of nursing. Heads should roll. cdnpoli
We wonder what the JustinTrudeau theJagmeetSingh crowd were thinking and supported when they laid off thousands of healthy unvaccinated people?
Because they have CONservative premiers nothing more 😼
Oh so it's a federal problem . Hmmmmm
And so what is the minister doing to help solve?
Due to selfish unvaccinated hospital staff
The majority of these public health issues is caused by CPC_HQ Premiers!
Call an election. What a poor answer.
Sylvia Jones' contribution to delivering the health care Ontarian's deserve has been recognizing she's failing and saying others are failing too.
⬇️. Embarrassment to our Species.
Completely precedented. “Opposition slams Wynne government over 'hallway medicine crisis'” (2017)
Maybe if they didnt fire those who chose not to get jabbed, they would have staff
I heard VK argue that Ford paid nurses $5000, on P&P yesterday. Sounds good? Please do the research and find out how few were eligible, after all of the fine print exclusions. (More like a tank of gas, car wash and a large coffee after tax for me.)
Changing the narrative... ugggg
Hire back the unvaccinated
The minister says it’s precedented, CEO of OHA says it’s unprecedented but they are actively talking, likely trying to agree on which one it is. First step in solving a problem is to recognize there is a problem.
She's saying every province, each following more or less the same plan, is failing to provide adequate health care to citizens. They're all fucking this up. Every single one. Our system needs an implosion and it's well on its way to happening.
Firing all healthy unvaxxed people, then sitting around and trying to come up with other reasons why we are in this position is dishonest. Being vaxxed does not stop anyone from getting sick or stop transmission this virus. Just hire back all of the people who were let go, solved
More typical bullshit from a Conservative government trying to privatize everything for thier corporate buddies
Unions and politics, it’s always about money. I know nurses who have just started their career and got summer holidays. There was a time new employees never saw a summer holiday for years due to seniority. Now they grant it and scream shortages.
Outrageous 2 blame on vacations. They should factor in vacations, sick leave, parental leave, etc as part of staffing levels.
Do some actual journalism as talk about young healthy people dropping dead, or how the leading cause of deaths now are 'unknown'. You can't hide the truth forever.
Health care crisis not unique to Ontario. This is some nice sleight of hand. Problem is: health care delivery is a provincial matter (jealously guarded).They could argue that the Feds are underfunding but then how to explain the billions unspent from previous health care budgets.
Congratulations. Now they have to fix all of the issues they created!
JustinTrudeau and fordnation this is your doing……that’s right . Both of you.
i love how she said staff was on vacation.. what the hell has changed in the last few years
And…..
Lack of uniqueness is not an excuse for mismanagement.
'Once upon a time....'
Sounds similar to Biden apologists 'gas prices have dropped more than anytime in 40 years' after the spell wears off you realize he made gas prices go up higher than anytime in history and they are still corruptly high
Appointing an incompetent, unqualified health minister during a crisis after 2 years of unparalleled challenge results in pearls such as “ERs are closed due to vacations”. You voted for this, ON, or stayed home. Hope you and your loved ones can manage with golf or bakeries.
Well, do something about it !
Is that how it really is or is that what her boss told her to say? Because what I see happening around me doesn't matchup with her words.
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'Health care is failing everywhere' is not an excuse.
Even if not unprecedented, it doesn’t make the situation any less wrong!
Finally we learn that closures are due to vacations. Hire people to back fill during vacation season.
SilentSylviatheSnake
I dunno. Been in this province a couple decades and I don't recall ERs shutting down like this. Might be a wee bit 'unprecedented'. What I don't get is the boomers are going to be the hardest hit, and they're the voting base for these guys so they're killing their main voters?
FordFail FireLecce onpoli MinisterOfSocialMurder When you calmly state that you do not give a flying f*ck… during a pandemic! To a whole province of citizens and families that are clearly exhausted! How is this not an official declaration of DerelictionOfDuty ? 🏥🔥🏥🔥
What a joke
CBCLorenda Offers zero evidence.
Says
how can we fix this crisis in Health Care?!
It’s not ‘unprecedented’. Do something.
Make it optional wearing a mask for healthcare workers
Not unprecedented ... similar to other parts of the world! Doesn't make it acceptable or OK! And, no plan to rectify the current situation in Ontario Health? Just blame nurses for taking vacations!
🤣🤣😂
Really, when will the Minister of Health get her head out of the sand!
Because you created them ?
A sociopath?
Even IF you accept her premise that typically closures are results of a systematic ebb and flow, this is not typical times. We are still in a pandemic, conditions aren't normal. Clearly the 'ebb and flow' response system isn't sufficient. This Govt is puzzling.
Omg. Who does she think she’s fooling? 🤬
“Houses have burned down before” says fire chief finishing his crossword. Well, no need to rush to solve it then.
I come from Africa, this is not expected from a first world G7 country? Or am I missing something?
What a clown 🤡
This is a wild interview.
Giving folks what they voted for.
Don’t, er, dump your coffee on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
is this a real interview or a 22_Minutes dress rehearsal?
Unbelievable
Is she on drugs
it's not unprecedented, it just has never happened before.
Very normal thing to say.
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