Ontario has launched a plan aimed at stabilizing the health care system as hospitals across the province grapple with continued staffing shortages. announced.
CBC News will be broadcasting the press conference live starting at 9:00 am ET.
Health Secretary Sylvia Jones said Tuesday that the state's goal is to provide patients with the best possible care.
Last week Jones and Prime Minister Doug Ford said the province was considering all options to improve its health care system and had not ruled out private sector involvement, but Ontario The person said they wouldn't pay anything.
Emergency departments in hospitals across Ontario have closed for hours or days this summer due to severe nurse shortages.
Jones says he is looking for bold and innovative ways to help the strained hospital system. She says part of the plan is to expand her program to pilots who can avoid taking patients to her ER every call by paramedics.
