Ontario for-profit 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.

Ontario for-profit long-term care providers face class actions over alleged negligence during pandemic
Paramedics load a person on a stretcher into an ambulance outside a long-term care facility on a cloudy day

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.