Dear Candidates,
To all who are running in the upcoming provincial election, please, for the sake of all citizens in this province, make health care your top concern.
There are Ontario citizens of all ages who have no family doctor or nurse practitioner. Our ER’s carry the burden of this lack of care which, as we know, creates a vacuum of available nursing care/beds in our hospitals.
Our population is aging and no one is prepared. As senior citizens we are encouraged “to keep healthy and to age in place”. Something that is very challenging to do when wait times to see a specialist or to have specialized tests can take several months and sometimes, well over a year.
Nursing home wait times are ridiculous and once again our hospitals are expected to carry that burden.
Our health care is in crisis and the powers that be cannot and should not, continue to ignore this issue. There is a domino effect and negative consequences to a province when its citizens are unhealthy due to government neglect.please no more “talking”. Do something. Make change happen.
Sincerely,
C. Gasbarini