Military personnel begins to arrive at GTA long-term care homes
Posted April 27, 2020 1:21 pm.
Last Updated April 27, 2020 1:26 pm.
Military personnel have begun arriving at long-term care homes in the Greater Toronto Area.
Members of the Canadian military arrived at the Eatonville Care Centre in Etobicoke around 12:45 p.m. and shortly thereafter at Hawthorne Place in North York around 1 p.m. Monday and are expected to be deployed to other long-term care homes in the GTA later in the day.
They include Orchard Villa in Pickering, Altamont Care in Scarborough and Holland Christian Homes’ Grace Manor in Brampton.
Premier Doug Ford formally requested military assistance last week for operational and logistical assistance, so long-term care staff can focus on the care of residents.
A number of long-term care homes across Ontario have been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Ministry of Long-Term Care, 150 long-term care homes have declared outbreaks and over 600 residents have died.
Numbers released by the ministry on Monday showed residents of long-term care homes make up 75 per cent of total COVID-19 deaths in Ontario.
