Ontario’s newly-opened Patient Ombudsman office is already dealing with hundreds of complaints.
Already the patient ombudsman’s new office in Toronto is looking into 300 complaints.
Ombudsman Christine Elliott says the office covers long term care, community access care, and hospitals, with concerns ranging from hospital parking to someone who has died.
Elliott says public consultations throughout the summer showed people want not only individual help but system change.
Newsmaker Sunday host Mary Thomas interviews Patient Ombudsman Christine Elliiott this Sunday at the noon hour, on 800 CJBQ.
