Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on the Ford government to resume non-urgent surgeries to clear the backlog brought on from the pandemic.
Horwath says the province needs to implement a referral system which would assess patients on their level of need and have plans in place to recruit more operating room nurses.
The Ontario Medical Association says the pandemic has created a backlog of almost 20 million healthcare services from March 2020 to last September.
