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More action needed by province to address Ontario’s large surgical backlog, says Horwath
COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said Wednesday.Horwath held a virtual news conference outside of St. Joseph’s Hospital in London, Ont., where she called on Premier Doug Ford and the province to implement an urgent and fully-funded action plan, and to allocate more funding in the budget toward tackling the issue.“We know that there are literally hundreds of thousands of surgeries that have been delayed.