‘When we have high levels of homelessness and not enough shelter beds for people . . . the emergency department is the shelter of last resort. It’s the warming centre of last resort.’
The NDP is providing more than $2 million to add more allied health staff and hospital case co-ordinators to help reduce wait times in emergency departments.
Outside scientists said the situation warranted close monitoring, but were not convinced that the recent spike in respiratory illnesses in China signaled the start of a new global outbreak.