PARAMEDICS FACE OFFLOAD DELAYS AND STAFFING SHORTAGES AT HOSPITALS
Libby is joined by Mike Merriman, the paramedic and EMS Chair of CUPE Local 416 and Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, Internal medicine and critical care physician at Humber River Hospital.
Yet another warning about the crisis in our healthcare system: once again, it is about staffing. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is calling for 15,000 new hires this year alone just to keep emergency rooms and other units from closing. In total, CUPE said 46,000 more hospital staff must be hired to deal with a turnover rate that is almost double pre-pandemic levels. Toronto Paramedic Services said they needed 500 new hires yesterday. When it comes to ambulance services, on top of staffing and offloading issues, some of the ubiquitous construction is yet another obstacle.
CALLS FOR PUBLIC INQUIRY IN RESPONSE TO DELAY IN EGLINTON LRT CONSTRUCTION
Libby Znaimer is now joined by Councillor Mike Colle, Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence and Maureen Sirois, Chair, Eglinton Way BIA.
Have you been up around Eglinton lately? Or maybe anytime in the last decade or 11 years? That’s how long the LRT has been under construction and to say that it is bad for business is an understatement. And we just learned about another delay. It was supposed to be finished in 2020 but the dates are pushed back annually. So the new date word is in 2023 with no guarantee they won’t just delay yet again. Some are even calling for a public inquiry.
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