Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is a Canadian provincial government department of the Government of Ontario. It is a joint agency made up of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Long-Term Care.

History

On April 27, 2021, Dr. Patrick Phillips received a letter from Glenn Corneil, acting Medical Officer of Health and CEO of Temiskaming Health Unit, rejecting five COVID-19 vaccine adverse event reports. Corneil directed Phillips to refer to the December 2020 version of the Ministry of Health's document titled "Infectious Diseases Protocol Appendix B: Provincial Case Definitions for Diseases of Public Health Significance - Disease: Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs)."^[1]

Organization

The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is a department of the Government of Ontario.

Subsidiaries

• Public Health Ontario

Publications

• Provincial Case Definitions for Diseases of Public Health Significance: Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs)
  • January 2013
  • April 2015
  • February 2019
  • December 2020
  • April 2021
  • May 2022

The Ministry of Health published several documents related to informed consent for receipt of COVID-19 vaccines:

• January 23, 2021: COVID-19 Vaccine Screening and Consent Form
• March 24, 2022: COVID-19 Vaccine Information Sheet (age 12+)
• April 6, 2023: COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance - Version 6.0

Health data

• STEMI Mortality Rate for Ambulance Patients (2013-2022)

STEMI stands for "ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction," which refers to a heart attack with a completely blocked coronary artery.^[2]

• Stroke Mortality Rate for Ambulance Patients (2013-2022)

External links

• Website