The most recent data from Health Quality Ontario shows there's an average wait time of 11.2 hours before patients are admitted to hospital. "People stopped presenting to emergency departments for things that they really should have been presenting to the departments for," she told CBC Toronto. (Erin O'Connor/UHN)When patients did finally go to the emergency department, some did so late and with deteriorating health conditions. The province intends to use the money to help publicly funded hospitals continue providing high-quality care to their patients and "support the ending of hallway health care in hospitals." But O'Connor said the province isn't the only body responsible for the public's health, saying citizens of Ontario have to do their part as well.

Source: CBC News July 14, 2020 07:52 UTC