TORONTO – The organization representing Ontario’s nurses says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for sweeping reforms to the province’s health-care system.
The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario is updating its previous calls for change in part by incorporating lessons learned from the deadly outbreak that’s killed at least 1,600 people in the province so far.
The Association says the health-care system is too focused on hospitals and should instead concentrate on providing comprehensive primary care for all. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] It sets out 13 recommendations in a report dubbed ECCO 3.0.