OP-ED: 60 hours in a hallway – Ontario’s unfinished promise to end hallway medicine
"Mrs. James is an 80-year-old widow who’s been waiting nearly a year for a long-term-care bed. She lives alone in Etobicoke and can no longer prepare meals, dress, or shower without assistance."
Author: Ingrid Gahsner
Mrs. James is an 80-year-old widow who’s been waiting nearly a year for a long-term-care bed. She lives alone in Etobicoke and can no longer prepare meals, dress, or shower without assistance. Last Wednesday morning, she fell in her apartment and struck her head. Unable to stand, she called out for help until a pass…
