Long-term care home inquiry set to hear concerns in London

Londoners will have the opportunity to voice their concerns about Ontario’s long-term care system Thursday.

Community meetings have been organized as part of the public inquiry into the long-term care homes system, sparked by the case of Elizabeth Wettlaufer.

The provincial government called for the public inquiry into long-term care after the former nurse was sentenced to life in prison for killing eight people in long-term care homes between 2007 and 2014.

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A statement released by the province said the inquiry will give the answers needed to help ensure such a tragedy does not happen again.

In June, Wettlaufer pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder, four counts of attempted murder, and two counts of aggravated assault.

She used insulin to drug and kill the elderly patients in long-term care homes in London and Woodstock.

As part of the inquiry led by Justice Eileen Gillese, the inquiry commissioner, two public meetings were held in Woodstock yesterday.

A third is being held in London this evening from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel at 300 King Street.