Media Advisory - OHC Announces Major Cross-Province Initiative Regarding
Small, Rural And Northern Hospitals

TORONTO, Feb. 18 /CNW/ -

    
    What:
    The Ontario Health Coalition in partnership with dozens of community
    groups in rural and northern Ontario, are announcing a series of
    cross-province activities. This group initiative is a direct response to
    the uncertain future of small, rural and northern health care, as a
    result of hospital restructuring. Local hospitals are facing ER closures,
    elimination and privatization of hospital services and programs, and in
    some instances the closure of entire hospitals.

    When:
    Media Conferences and Scheduled Interviews to Announce the Plans

    Monday February 22, 2010

    10am

    Where:
    Media Studio, Queen's Park, Main Legislative Building, Toronto

    Who:
    Alliance of Seniors/Older Canadians Network; Burk's Falls Save Our
    Hospital Committee; Canadian Auto Workers Union and Retirees; Canadian
    Pensioners Concerned; Canadian Union of Public Employees; Campbellford
    Health Coalition; Cobourg Health Coalition; Cornwall Health Coalition;
    Council of Canadians (Welland); Durham Health Coalition; Friends of the
    Bowmanville Hospital; Friends of Prince Edward County; Friends of the
    Kincardine Hospital; Leamington Health Coalition; Niagara Health
    Coalition; Northeastern Ontario Health Coalition; Ontario Nurses'
    Association; Ontario Public Service Employees Union; Owen Sound Grey
    Bruce Health Coalition; People's Health Coalition (Port Colborne);
    Peterborough Health Coalition; Sarnia Lambton Health Coalition; Service
    Employees' International Union; SOS (Save Our Sydenham in Wallaceburg);
    St. Mary's Save Hospital Campaign: Strathroy Concerned Citizens; Windsor
    Essex Health Coalition, Yellow Shirts (Fort Erie)
    

For further information: OHC Director, Natalie Mehra, [phone] cell or [phone], [email protected]; Save Our Sydenham, Shirley Roebuck, [phone], [email protected]; Strathroy Concerned Citizens, Sandra Edmondson, [phone], [email protected]; Strathroy Concerned Citizens, Kathryn Gordyn, [phone], [email protected]; Friends of the Kincardine Hospital, Maryellen Pollard, [phone], [email protected]; Niagara Health Coalition, Sue Hotte, [phone], [email protected]; People's Healthcare Coalition, Pat Scholfield, [phone], [email protected]; Burk's Falls Save Our Hospital Committee, Glenn Miller, [phone]; Cobourg Health Coalition, Linda Mackenzie-Nicholas, [phone], [email protected]; Cornwall Health Coalition, Elaine MacDonald, [phone], [email protected]; Durham Health Coalition, Rick Janson, [phone], [email protected]; Sarnia Lambton Health Coalition, Helen Havlik, [phone], [email protected]; Sarnia Lambton Health Coalition, Arlene Patterson, [phone], [email protected]; Leamington Health Coalition, Tod Ouellette, [phone], [email protected]; Leamington Health Coalition, Jan Countess, [phone], [email protected]; Durham Health Coalition, James Mulhern, [phone] home, [email protected]; Windsor Essex Health Coalition, Mike Longmoore, [phone], [email protected]; Save the St. Marys Hospital Group, Gayle Pounder, [phone], [email protected]; Sault Ste Marie Health Coalition, David Harasymiw, [phone], [email protected]; Sault Ste Marie Health Coalition, Folgo Della Vadova, [phone], [email protected]; Owen Sound Grey Bruce Health Coalition, Len Hope, [phone], [email protected]; Northeastern Ontario Health Coalition, Ben Lefebvre, [phone]