Media Advisory - ONA Board Members, Front-Line Nurses to Hold Information Picket to Protest RN Cuts at Women's College Hospital Family Practice Health Centre
TORONTO, June 19, 2018 /CNW/ - The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) – the union representing registered nurses (RNs) providing care for Women's College Hospital's Family Practice Health Centre patients – will hold an information picket at noon to 1:00 pm today to protest RN cuts.
RNs from the Family Practice Health Centre will be joined by members of ONA's board, staff and other registered nurses in front of the Centre, located at 71 Grenville Street, Toronto.
ONA President Vicki McKenna, RN, notes that the health centre has cut the team of RNs – who provide fundamental primary care, manage chronic disease for their patients, and co-ordinate their care – from seven full-time and four part-time RNs to three full-time and four part-time RNs.
ONA is the union representing more than 65,000 registered nurses and health-care professionals, as well as 18,000 nursing student affiliates, providing care in hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, the community, clinics and industry.
What: |
Information picket to protest RN cuts at Women's College Hospital Family Health Centre |
Who: |
Ontario Nurses' Association board members, RNs and staff |
When: |
Noon to 1 pm, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 |
Where: |
Women's College Hospital Family Health Centre, 71 Grenville Street, Toronto |
SOURCE Ontario Nurses Association
Sheree Bond: (416) 964-8833, ext. 2430, cell: (416) 986-8240, [email protected]; Melanie Levenson: (416) 964-8833, ext. 2369, [email protected]; Visit us at: www.ona.org; Facebook.com/OntarioNurses; www.Twitter.com/OntarioNurses
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