Lori Foote

Tweets reflect my views. Retweets indicate interest, not agreement.

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

Hello Toronto. The reason for EMS delay isn't primarily due to bike lanes. It's because EMS faces delays in the ER - where I work - in offloading. The problem is increasing with a shortage of ER beds. From the 2024 Toronto Auditor General's report.
https://t.co/vfoPXTUG1o

[OSSTF Communications @osstf]

NEW report from @OntAutism shines a light on what’s really happening in Ontario schools under the Ford government:

📍 1 in 3 special education students are not attending full school days
📍 50% of parents worry about their child’s safety at school
📍 21,000+ students are fully excluded from school

Students with special education needs are being failed by chronic underfunding and understaffing.

Ontario can do better.

🔗 https://t.co/J94T616Io2

[Lisa Kirbie @lisakirbie]

Ever notice that male billionaires spend their money buying islands and $50M weddings, while women billionaires donate vast sums to better humanity?

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Thank you bringing light to this forgotten disaster!!!!😥

[Jim Acosta @Acosta]

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

Ontario hospital cuts.

I am flagging for all Ontarians that there's a strong likelihood your local hospital is under-going cuts.

With aging, increased medical complexity and increased population - this is uniformly bad news.

https://t.co/q1nyJzs2fP

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

I'm sorry. No one's listening. Every bloody year we go through the same song and dance. Vaccination is absolutely crucial but the equal problem is we just lack hospital capacity in Ontario.

No matter. We will muddle on. Happy holidays from your local drowning ER. @ColinDMello

[Deonandan @deonandan]

This comment was in response to me putting forth an evidence-based argument in favour of taxpayer-funded school lunches. Let's take his criticism seriously and respectfully dissect it.

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[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

“When a government grants itself license to override physician judgment and patient consent, who - at any stage of life — will be next?”

The AMA raising very serious concerns about the UCP’s invocation of the notwithstanding clause.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @LukaszukAB]

When your government for ideological reasons wields the “notwithstanding clause” of the constitution, a tool suspending civil rights and any judicial recourse, designed for rare constitutional emergencies, against vulnerable children, you’re looking at authoritarianism.

#ableg

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Leonard Cohen recites “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae | Legion Magazine https://t.co/Z1Imbibix6 #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget

[Dr. Brian Goldman @NightShiftMD]

Thank you #Antivaxxers aided by stupid politicians.

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

Unhappy with your Ontario ER wait to see an MD? A space to be seen is key but so is funding for staffing. 85% of ERs pay ER docs mostly by the hour. An increase in the number of hours covered would help. Premier Ford knows this. I'd work more, but not unpaid. @OntariosDoctors

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

Don't like the ER wait time in Ontario? There's nothing the RN or MD on duty can do about it. There's no point in complaining to them - it only slows things. They're stuck in the same situation. But call your MPP, Premier Ford, Deputy Premier Jones. They can fund more ER hours.

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

It’s been one year since we opened Dunn House — Canada’s first social medicine housing initiative. And this has been family over the past year.

The data is staggering. Emergency Department visits for the tenants have plunged by over 50%. And days spent in hospital have similarly plummeted by nearly 80%.

What started as a “radical” idea — turning a parking lot into 51 homes — became a place where people who were living inside and out of hospitals, shelters, or on the street could finally exhale.

But the real drive for change, I hope, is how human dignity and health economics are completely aligned in the stories we tell.

The first story is from @_VictoriaGibson at the Toronto Star — about Jason Miles, a man whose addiction and homelessness cost more than $260,000 through ER visits, shelters, and jail stays. Not because he wanted that path, but because there wasn’t another one.

The second is from @liamdevlincasey in the CBC, about our @UHN teams and community partners deciding to try something different and center those patients that been sidelined in the health system. The cost calculus is clear when it can be over $50k per month in hospital, $15k in provincial jail and $4k for supportive housing.

I believe both these stories show the cost of crisis — and the return on compassion.

It’s still early, and there’s a lot more to do across the province. But one year in, I’m certain of this more than ever:

housing is healthcare.
compassion saves lives.
and dignity has to be co-designed into the system — not left to chance.

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

On this day today, September 1, 1980 Terry Fox ran his last mile of the Marathon Of Hope ❤️🇨🇦

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

Happy Labour Day!
This is the day when we honour and celebrate the history of the Canadian Labour Movement.
Did you know Americans took the idea for Labor Day from Canada?
Or that the holiday dates back 130+ years?
This is the story!

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[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

I believe we are at a tipping point when it comes to homelessness and health. For the past 50 years, we have seen a dramatic reduction in social housing investments. Canada is now near the bottom of the OECD countries when it comes to social housing access — and this comes with serious ramifications on the overall health of our country. We can either follow the evidence — which is cost effective through housing for all or go down a perilous path that tries to criminalize and punish people in poverty further. Grateful for this conversation with @CamilleQu, Matthew Pegg and moderated by the @namshine.

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

Hey… remember when Doug Ford slashed the forest firefighting budget by 67%?

I sure do.

#OnPoli

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

A reminder that a:

month in hospital: ~$30,000
month in prison: ~$12,000
month in shelter: ~$6,000

month in supportive housing: $4,000

We have an effective solution to homelessness.