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Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones’ plan to stabilize the health-care system includes increasing surgeries performed at private clinics but covered by OHIP, covering the exam and registration fees for internationally trained nurses, and sending patients waiting for a long-term care bed to a home not of their choosing.

Jones said Ontario needs to be "bold, innovative and creative" when looking for ways to improve the health system.

"There are some who will fight for the status quo no matter what," she said at the press conference announcing the plan on Thursday.

The plan comes as nursing staff shortages have seen emergency departments across the province close throughout the summer for hours or days at a time.

Language in the document suggests more of a role for privately delivered but publicly covered services, with the government saying it will invest more to increase surgeries in pediatric hospitals and existing private clinics covered by OHIP. It is also considering options for further increasing surgical capacity by increasing the number of those procedures performed at “independent health facilities.”

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