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Ontario to be short 33,000 nurses and PSWs in five years: financial watchdog

The Financial Accountability Office says the government will be short $21 billion to cover its commitments to expand hospitals, long-term care and home care.

Published Mar 8, 2023 at 6:47pm

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Ontario to be short 33,000 nurses and PSWs in five years: financial watchdog

A nurse tends to a patient in the intensive care unit at the Bluewater Health Hospital in Sarnia, Ont., on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)

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