A long-term care home in Scarborough will be temporarily managed by a Toronto hospital after Ontario’s official opposition called on the Ford government to “step in immediately” to help them overcome the COVID-19 outbreak at the home. Tendercare Living Centre, a long-term care home, is working with North York General Hospital (NYGH) on a voluntary management agreement after the home was hit with an outbreak of COVID-19 that infected at least 145 residents, killing 26. The home has a total of 254 residents staying in its five-storey building. On Wednesday, Ontario NDP issued an urgent plea calling on the provincial government to intervene immediately to help the situation at Tendercare. “I am echoing the pleas for help from residents’ families and doctors, who are calling the situation at Tendercare a nightmare scenario, with workers spread so thin that sick and dying patients aren’t getting regular care,” Scarborough Southwest MPP Doly …
Long-Term Care Home With COVID-19 Outbreak to Be Temporarily Managed by Toronto Hospital
December 25, 2020
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