ADVISORY - No end to hallway medicine: New report finds thousands of Ontario's hospital beds are on the chopping block
Jul 25, 2018, 14:29 ET
TORONTO, July 25, 2018 /CNW/ - Ontario's hospitals and patients will not escape the impact of cutbacks resulting from the combination of 4 per cent spending cuts, $7 billion in tax cuts and a drive for a balanced budget – all promised by Ontario's PCs, warns the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE).
The new report also finds Ontario ranks last in funding for hospital visits, compared to other provinces. OCHU has crunched the numbers on three key Ford promises and forecasts their impact on many community hospitals across the province.
| What: |
Report release and media availability for new report Hallway Medicine: It Can Be Fixed |
| Where: |
OCHU, 261 Gerrard Street East, Toronto, ON |
| When: |
Thursday, July 26, 2018 |
| Media at 10:30 a.m. |
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| Media availability (for follow-up interviews) 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
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| Who: |
Michael Hurley, President, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions |
| Natalie Mehra, Executive Director, Ontario Health Coalition |
During this spring's election campaign, Ford promised to end "hallway medicine." Many Ontario patients are forced to spend days on gurneys in hallways or are sent home while acutely ill, victims of a decade of real hospital funding cuts and of the 18,000 beds eliminated over the last 20 years.
ABOUT OCHU
The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) is the hospital wing of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Our 34,000 members in 70 local unions at 120 facilities bargain a central collective agreement with the Ontario Hospital Association and co-ordinate bargaining across the hospital and long-term care sectors. OCHU is actively involved in patient and resident advocacy in many communities.
SOURCE Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
For further information: Ravi Joshi, CUPE Communications Representative, rjoshi@cupe.ca, 647-833-5836
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