Is Ontario Failing Hospital Staff? Union Demands Province Provide Support Amid Overwork Claims

TORONTO - Hospital workers are buckling under the pressure of heavy workloads largely brought about by a staffing crisis, an Ontario union said Wednesday as it urged the province to do more to support those working in the health-care system.

A health-care worker is seen at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young CHY/TXB

"It's like climbing a mountain every day. You reach a breaking point. And I think that's what's happening to a lot of health-care workers right now," he said during a news conference on Wednesday.

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