6 Ontario long-term care providers face class actions over alleged negligence during pandemic
Of the more than 4,000 people who died of COVID-19 in Ontario's long-term care facilities, about 3,300 deaths were in homes run by the six companies now facing class action lawsuits on behalf of residents and family members who say infection control and prevention was inadequate.
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![Medical transport staff prepare to leave Villa Leonardo Gambin, in Vaughan, Ont., after returning a resident on Feb. 5, 2021. The home, run by Sienna Senior Living, is in its fourth outbreak of COVID-19. Paramedics load a person on a stretcher into an ambulance outside a long-term care facility on a cloudy day](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7143908.1710448297!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/villa-leonardo-gambin-long-term-care-home.jpg)
Of the more than 4,000 people who died of COVID-19 in Ontario's long-term care facilities, about 3,300 deaths were in homes run by the six companies now facing class action lawsuits on behalf of residents and family members who say infection control and prevention was inadequate.