UHN to expand Dunn House model to help homeless ER patients

A $2-million expansion will see the hospital network offer health care and other services to more homeless Torontonians who frequent emergency rooms.

Home News GTA A $2-million expansion will see UHN offer health care and other services to more homeless Torontonians who frequent emergency rooms. "/> UHN’s Dr. Andrew Boozary, seen inside Dunn House, a supportive housing site for formerly homeless Torontonians who frequented emergency rooms, says the new expansion allows them to rapidly help more people as it skips brick-and-mortar construction. Chris Young The Canadian Press By Victoria Gibson Investigative Reporter When a new housing project opened in Parkdale last year, offering homes with health supports to homeless Torontonians who

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