Overcrowding plagues Northern Ont. hospitals

Northern Ontario has some of the worst stats for hospital overcrowding and opioid-related emergency visits, according to a new report from Health Quality Ontario.
Nearly a quarter of northeast beds in 2016-17 were occupied by patients who should have been placed in a more suitable environment, such as a long-term care or rehab bed, the annual study shows.
On average in Ontario, 14.8 per cent of beds in 2016-17 held people waiting to receive care elsewhere; in our region, that number was 22.5 per