Sioux Lookout residents push Ontario to deliver on 2018 promise to build dozens of long-term care beds
Over five years ago, the Ontario government vowed to build 76 long-term care beds in Sioux Lookout, which serves as a health-care hub for dozens of remote First Nations. Now running out of room for everyone who needs care, the community is ramping up efforts to get the province to deliver on its promise.
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![Sioux Lookout resident Aileen Urquhart took to social media this summer to push Premier Doug Ford to build the 76 additional long-term care beds he promised back in 2018. A woman stands outside on a summer day holding a metal shovel.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7028018.1699989841!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/aileen-urquhart.jpg)
Over five years ago, the Ontario government vowed to build 76 long-term care beds in Sioux Lookout, which serves as a health-care hub for dozens of remote First Nations. Now running out of room for everyone who needs care, the community is ramping up efforts to get the province to deliver on its promise.