Many Canadian hospitals shall shut down when the next pandemic comes because of because of governments’ indifference and unresponsiveness to the growing health care crisis and long-term budget cuts and understaffing going back to the 1990s. Lack of government caring and political will shall fuel the shutdowns.
People of all ages, including children and disabled persons, shall die alone on the steps of closed hospitals, in empty emergency departments, at home, and in the streets.