Nurses are needed to attend school with medically fragile children to keep them safe, administer medications and help them eat. "The Ministry of Health needs to provide leadership, recognize we have a crisis of care." Her group wrote an open letter to the Ontario Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. When CBC News asked the Ontario Health Ministry how many children aren't receiving the home and school care they need, it referred us to Home and Community Care Support Services, the government agency that arranges nursing care for kids with disabilities in home and in school. "The COVID-19 pandemic has created staffing challenges for delivering health care in all sectors across the province.

Source: CBC News September 25, 2021 07:52 UTC