Families, politicians, call for investigation into Extendicare Countryside in Sudbury, Ont.
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Sudbury-area NDP members of parliament and family members are calling on the Minister of Long-Term Care to open an investigation into a local long-term care home.
Jamie West and France Gélinas held a joint press conference Wednesday about Extendicare Countryside. They were joined by family members of residents living in the facility.
The facility opened last year, and since then has been plagued by issues, investigations and criticism from loved ones of residents.
"I get complaints from every part of our health care system," Nickel Belt NDP MPP and health critic France Gélinas said. "But I started to get a lot of complaints about what was happening at Countryside."
Gélinas said she was surprised to hear the government issued a cease to admit order for the facility.
"This is a very serious order," she said. "You don't see this happening very often at all. It happens because things were not safe for residents."
Mina Thibeault's aunt Rose Brown is one of the residents at the facility. Thibeault said she started to worry
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