Hospital-Institutional

Critics say machines are unsafe because they set off false alarms too frequently to be trusted.

North York General Hospital (NYGH) has received “Accreditation with Exemplary Standing,” the highest designation from Accreditation Canada.

Hospitals in Ontario have had to absorb the costs of providing nurses on Ornge air ambulance flights, including overtime wages for those who travel long distances from their communities.

Faced with soaring health care costs and shrinking Medicare and Medicaid financing, nursing home operators are closing some facilities and embracing home care.

For the training program, staff wore blurred goggles, had their fingers taped together, had corn placed in their shoes and had to listen to radio static through headphones while they completed simple tasks.

Overcrowding at Royal Jubilee Hospital's emergency room has reached crisis levels, registered nurses say.

Three nurses and a nurse supervisor work each day, seven days a week at Windsor Jail, but no nurse works between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Move could mean some seniors will pay as much as $6,000 a month for care.