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COVID-19: Ontario’s long-term care ministry makes moves to ease mounting strain on hospitals

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COVID-19 cases.The ministry says it’s trying to free up scarce beds with measures aimed at hospital patients awaiting placement in a long-term care facility.It says the province will waive fees for patients who agree to take a spot in a home that may not be their first choice until they’re placed in the facility they want.It says accepting an alternate placement won’t affect a patient’s standing on the waiting list at the home they prefer.

COVID-19: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on April 24 The ministry says it’s also relaxing staffing rules, saying long-term care staff who are fully vaccinated are no longer limited to working in just one facility.The Ontario Hospital Association had been calling for similar measures for.

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