By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Thunder Bay Source SIOUX LOOKOUT – The “crisis” situation in northern long-term care was easy to see in a recent visit to Meno Ya Win Health Centre, Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa says. Mamakwa visited Sioux Lookout’s 55-bed general hospital on Sept. 10 to “just check on how things are going,” he said in an interview Thursday. All of the beds were occupied, mostly by people waiting for long-term care, he said. Half the 10 makeshift overflow beds were also occupied by “alternative level of care” patients waiting for long-term care placement, Mamakwa added. “That was a bit concerning,” said the provincial parliament member, whose riding includes Sioux Lookout and much of Ontario’s North. “And then also, you know, that particular day they had elders…
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