Why are we excusing failure to maintain nursing homes to a proper standard?
COVID-19 deaths piled up as this LTC home missed deadlines to fix infection control, prevention problems. This was the governments pathetic response, June 12  The response by the governments Long-Term Care Inspection Branch to correct inadequate infection-control procedures in the facility with the highest death rate in the province is, indeed, pathetic. No one is that naive. Something is amiss here. If Public Health walked into a food-processing plant and found shortcomings that affected public health, it would be shut down. The time for enabling long-term care operators who fail to provide acceptable care while raking in enormous profit, from taxholder dollars, no less, is long gone. The Ontario government needs to introduce inspections with real teeth and meaningful consequences for failure to comply with the law. Defund them and do it now! The public has had enough.