Ontario won't divulge total fines for hospital patients refusing transfers to LTC

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones responds to questions during a news conference in Vancouver, on Monday, November 7, 2022. Jones and her ministry are refusing to divulge the amount of money that seven patients in the province have been fined for refusing transfers from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

TORONTO - Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones and her ministry are refusing to divulge the amount of money that seven patients in the province have been fined for not accepting transfers from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing.

A law enacted in 2022, known as Bill 7, requires hospitals to levy fines of $400 a day on patients who can be discharged but need long-term care and are refusing to go to a nursing home selected for them by a placement co-ordinator.

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