By\u00a0\u00a0Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Thunder Bay Source SIOUX LOOKOUT \u2013 The \u201ccrisis\u201d 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\u2019s 55-bed general hospital on Sept. 10 to \u201cjust check on how things are going,\u201d 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 \u201calternative level of care\u201d patients waiting for long-term care placement, Mamakwa added. \u201cThat was a bit concerning,\u201d said the provincial parliament member, whose riding includes Sioux Lookout and much of Ontario\u2019s North. \u201cAnd then also, you know, that particular day they had elders… <\/p>\n
By\u00a0\u00a0Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Thunder Bay Source SIOUX LOOKOUT \u2013 The \u201ccrisis\u201d 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\u2019s 55-bed general hospital on Sept. 10 to \u201cjust check on how things are going,\u201d 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 \u201calternative level of care\u201d patients waiting for long-term care placement, Mamakwa added. \u201cThat was a bit concerning,\u201d said the provincial parliament member, whose riding includes Sioux Lookout and much of Ontario\u2019s North. \u201cAnd then also, you know, that particular day they had elders... <\/p>\n