KRoberts

Health care worker, Health Care advocate, Leaf fan! Cheers

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

I would like to know what Canada's surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses have to say about if you have less money, you are less deserving for surgery. It would be like me walking into the busy ER waiting room and seeing first whoever gave me $500.
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[Ghost Gurney @ghost_gurney]

UPDATE : in 2026, temp ER closures in #ONTARIO are @ 9️⃣5️⃣2️⃣.2️⃣5️⃣hours, perm closure/hour reduction in #Durham #Minden #Chesley are @ 1️⃣1️⃣6️⃣9️⃣6️⃣hrs

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

I’m sad the Premier’s time is wasted when hallway and chair medicine is expanding in Ontario, up to 2000 people/day when it was 800/day when Premier Ford came to power. To top it off, this government is now hiding our hallway medicine data. It’s so backwards. We’ve lost our way.

[Captain Dick @CaptainDick12]

Excellent post....

[Linda bleskie @LBleskie]

Let's make her numbers drop like Fords! Most unpopular Minister of health. Make the calls and e mail her. Someone is counting!
Sylvia Jones
519-941-7751
416-327-4300
[email protected]

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

For the record, Ontario Premier Ford promised 30,000 new LTC beds and 28,000 upgraded beds by 2028. 6,700 have been built and 4,297 upgraded. That's a 47,000 bed deficit with 2028 coming up. @NatKusendova

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

ER doctor here. The worry isn't what's going to happen to people who can afford FIFA tickets. The worry is the people on a boring Wednesday night that can't afford FIFA and waited 8 hours to see an ER doctor because they don't have other options or are stuck in ER for days.

[Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy]

Local man angry that local man wasted taxpayers’ money.

[TDot Resident @TDotResident]

You don't represent Ontario's values.

Unless corruption and incompetence are Ontario's values.

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

And yet the landscape of Canadian healthcare is oriented to private profiteering while the vast majority suffer what they must. As a nation, we've lost our way. Mariah Jackson's husband delivered Liam - he was initially blue and his parents were scared.
https://t.co/HkFsiuBY6J

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

Hospitals overfilled, ER waits 10 hours, 50-100 patients waiting, admits in ER 2-3 days before a hospital bed, hallway medicine giving way to chair medicine and unsheltered have no where except the waiting room - then no, we're not ready for a disaster. The disaster is now.

[Chris Glover @chrisglover]

With no business case, Ford claims the airport will generate $8.5 billion in economic activity with the load of 10 million passengers.

For context: Pearson moves 47.3 million passengers and generates $17.7 billion.

Ford conveniently ignores the costs—jets roaring over Toronto’s waterfront every 2.5 minutes, one of Canada’s top tourist destinations.

No business case. No evidence. Just vibes.

#Onpoli

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[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

Paywall menopause medicine. It's great Dr. Hansen is bringing attention to menopause but Effica Health only sees you if you have $400 (for 3 months) or $300 upfront (then $105/month). 10 million Canadians are perimenopasual or menopausal. @CVarnerEmerg @NightShiftMD @DrJenGunter
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[P.b.Freire @Freire1Pb]

Sylvia Jones said there was no concern 2.5M Ontarians without a family doctor, increasing wait times for a hospital beds
➡️29 hours in 2020-21
➡️44 hours in 2024-25 & missing Nurse Practitioners OHIP deadline leaving Ontarians paying with a credit card.

[Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy]

""The Ford government has an unfortunate tendency … to announce big plans and big visions without having done any analysis," said Sandford Borins, a retired professor of public management at the University of Toronto, who has studied airport planning."

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

While Alberta crafts policies aimed to help the wealthy few, another patient has died in an ER waiting room for lack of a bed to bring him in for monitoring and treatment. @Albertadoctors @Bjwrz @RajSherman @BradenMannsYYC @PfParks @JMeddings
https://t.co/LeHBCq0gQ9

[TDot Resident @TDotResident]

Doug Ford and his "record number of nurses"

[P.b.Freire @Freire1Pb]

Ontario bring a will, a tent & Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story as Sylvia Jones increased wait times to be admitted to a hospital:
➡️29 hours in 2020-21
➡️44 hours in 2024-25 while Ontarians pay 3× for knee repair at Don Mills for-profit surgery $4,037 vs $1,273 public hospital.

[Robin Lennox @RobinLennox]

It was my honour to present a petition from Hamilton Centre residents and health workers calling to stop healthcare privatization and immediately implement safe nurse-to-patient ratios.

@ontarionurses we stand with you!

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

With more than 70% of Ontario hospitals projecting a deficit due to Ford government underfunding - many are cutting. Ontario is now hiding records with new authoritative FOI legislation. Lost transparency and accountability. By @allisonjones_cp
https://t.co/1lwe3ECTqN