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.
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]
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is a department of the Government of Ontario.
The Ministry of Health published several documents related to informed consent for receipt of COVID-19 vaccines:
STEMI stands for "ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction," which refers to a heart attack with a completely blocked coronary artery.[2]
Patrick Phillips [@DrP_MD]. (2021, May 5). “Unlike the transparent US VAERS system, PH depts in Canada are routinely rejecting reports of adverse events after vaccines, including serious ones that require hospitalization They only accept reports that meet strict arbitrary criteria This is a major risk to public safety”. [Tweet]. Twitter. https://web.archive.org/web/20210506090438/https://twitter.com/DrP_MD/status/1389892383941218307/photo/1 ↩︎
ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Fraser Health Authority. Retrieved June 1, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230601195440/https://www.fraserhealth.ca/health-topics-a-to-z/heart-health/heart-surgery-and-procedures/non-surgical-heart-procedures/stemi ↩︎