OCHU-CUPE unsatisfied with Ont. response to hospital crisis

After releasing findings warning that Ont.’s staffing crisis is harming workers’ well-being and compromising patient care, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) expressed dissatisfaction with Premier Doug Ford’s response to the hospital crisis. Ford’s gaffe about overflow patients having the option of receiving treatment at a new veterinary hospital was seen as “a callous attitude” toward the growing crisis. The study says that although staffing concerns predate the pandemic, working conditions have worsened since 2020 as patient volumes have surged without a sufficient increase in staffing.