Health Minister must work urgently to restart essential surgeries

May 4, 2020

Ontarians with non-COVID diseases have seen their health conditions declining as their treatments got postponed. Many of them are worried and desperate for answers.

TORONTO — MPP Mike Schreiner sent the attached letter to the Health Minister today, asking her to release a plan for resuming the over 65,000 surgeries that have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Mike Schreiner sent the attached letter to the Health Minister today, asking her to release a plan for resuming the over 65,000 surgeries that have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

These procedures include cancer, cardiac and other vital surgeries that cannot be delayed any longer without risking people’s long-term health and lives.

Schreiner has received multiple requests from constituents looking for clarity about when their procedures will be rescheduled.

Read Mike Schreiner’s letter

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