Advocates and family members are asking for a judge’s opinion on whether Pickering’s Orchard Villa residence should have received a licence extension by the province.
“The Ministry has approved a new build for Southbridge Care in Pickering in contradiction to its own legislation,” said Cathy Parkes, whose father Paul died at the home in April 2020, in a release on Tuesday. “Long-term care homes with repeated failures do not deserve a free pass.
Orchard Villa was the site of a massive COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2020. At least 78 deaths have been linked to the first wave alone.
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