Ontario patients are suffering from hallway medicine, nursing shortages, chronic underfunding and more under Doug Ford
by Rumneek Johal, Reporter
February 24, 2025
In the final days of Ontario PC leader Doug Ford’s unnecessary snap election, Ontario’s healthcare crisis ranks as the number one issue for voters.
The “crisis in healthcare,” as health experts themselves describe it, only appears to be deepening as another facility in Ontario announced Monday it was cutting jobs due to “provincial underfunding.”
In a statement Monday, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions President Michael Hurley announced, “750 positions will be cut at Unity Health Toronto due to provincial underfunding.”
The recent cuts are just one of many issues currently plaguing Ontario’s health care system. Here’s a list of ways Ford has failed to meet his many healthcare promises and contributed to the crisis.
Hallway medicine at its worst
Earlier this month, OCHU-CUPE also highlighted the fact that under Ford, hallway medicine is worse now than ever before — with the number of patients on stretchers in hallways increasing more than 125% since Ford first promised to “end hallway medicine” in 2018.
In 2025, 2,000 people reportedly received treatment on stretchers in hallways because there are not enough hospital beds, according to OCHU-CUPE.
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