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The frustration is palpable in Joans voice, as over the phone from Nova Scotia she recounts how her husband never received the results of his at-home COVID-19 test from Switch Health after he returned to Canada on a recent flight from a country in Africa.And she is incredulous that no one is doing anything about the numerous complaints on the companys Facebook page about delayed results for the 10-day test, which is self-administered at home in front of a nurse who watches online to ensure its done properly. The mandatory testing has been contracted out to Switch Health by the federal government.The complaints range from travellers getting stuck in quarantine past the two-week mark, often on their own dime, to waiting in the online queue for hou
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stanley cup the test and getting inexplicably kicked off by the computer system, only to go to the back of the line with hundreds of people in front. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW In the end, Joan left quarantine to get gro
stanley mugs ceries after 14 days. Her husband quarantined for 24 days without ever knowing if his 10-day test was positive or negative, despite assurances from Switch Health that they had received his swab via Purolator. Joan is her middle name. The Star is not identifying her because her husband has to travel frequently for work and wants to avoid issues with border control. Every time we contacted them, they said, oh, any moment now. Its in process, said Joan. And everybody el Hven Halton Hills approves new 5-year strategy for prosperity and investment
Ontario has put a price tag on its promise to dramatically improve staffing in nursing homes so residents can get an average of four hours daily hands-on care by 2025, but critics say most people now in long-term care wont live to see it.In a reaction to the devastating toll of death and illness the COVID-19 pandemic has taken in long-term care, Premier Doug Ford said his government will commit up to $1
stanley becher .9 billion annually over four years to hire 27,000 new personal support workers, registered nurses, registered practical nurses and others.The four-hour-care standard has been recommended for a decade but it took a crisis in nursing homes last spring 鈥?where some of the hardest hit lost 80 per cent of their staff, resulting in horrific conditions for residents 鈥?for the long-standing problem to come to a head. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
stanley kubek COVID-19 exposed the underlying cracks in an old, tired system, Ford said Thursday, citing decades of underinvestment by governments of all political stripes.The average is now 2.7 hours of daily care. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW New Dem
stanley canada ocrat Leader Andrea Horwath said the hiring plan is long overdue but will take too long given the urgent state of outbreaks in a number of Ontario nursing homes. More than one in five homes are fighting outbreaks of varying severity. Our parents and grandparents are in crisis. More and more are dying every day. Heartbreaking
