CBC News compiled capacity statistics provided by Health Sciences North, Timmins and District Hospital, North Bay Regional Health Centre and the Sault Area Hospital. (supplied)"The working assumption was that there would be zero alternate level of care patients at HSN," he said. "Long term care is the only option available to them." Staff say it's this kind of solution-oriented thinking that can bridge the gap in Ontario's health care system. That senior focus, Watson says, is just as important as adding long term care capacity.

Source: CBC News December 23, 2018 09:56 UTC