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Ontario hospitals not prepared to handle projected 72% increase in chronic illness: study | CBC News

Ontario's healthcare system must undergo significant reform to manage a projected increase in chronic illness cases by 2040.

Without urgent action, the hospital system in Ontario will struggle to accommodate the upcoming rise in chronic illness cases.

Flu shots for vulnerable populations will be available in a few weeks, with general public access starting October 28, 2024.

Vaccinations for respiratory syncytial virus will also be available free of charge for eligible individuals.

Ontario's healthcare system must undergo significant reform to manage a projected increase in chronic illness cases by 2040.

Without urgent action, the hospital system in Ontario will struggle to accommodate the upcoming rise in chronic illness cases.

Flu shots for vulnerable populations will be available in a few weeks, with general public access starting October 28, 2024.

Vaccinations for respiratory syncytial virus will also be available free of charge for eligible individuals.

An arbitrator awarded Ontario's doctors a nearly 10-per-cent increase for the first year amidst ongoing negotiations for a new agreement.

Enormous variations in surgical wait times across Ontario hospitals necessitate improved coordination of the wait-list system.

Ontario is expanding private clinics that offer publicly funded tests and procedures.

Health advocates are concerned that this expansion is a step towards privatization.

Enormous variations in surgical wait times across Ontario hospitals necessitate improved coordination of the wait-list system.

Ontario is expanding private clinics that offer publicly funded tests and procedures.

Health advocates are concerned that this expansion is a step towards privatization.

York University opening a family medicine-focused medical school in 2028

Emphasis on training primary care physicians and addressing physician shortage in Ontario

One in five patients who visited Ontario's emergency departments did so because they did not have a family doctor.

Ontario lacks a provincewide strategy to prevent temporary emergency department closures and address staffing shortages.