Ontario budget's public health changes blindside officials

Public health officials were blindsided by news in Thursday’s budget that health units will be slashed from 35 to 10 across Ontario.
“It came out of the blue, we had no previous warning,” said Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, medical officer of health for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit.
Roumeliotis, who takes over as president of the council of medical officers of health in June, said the general reaction among medical officers of health is shock.
The province also announced it would cut