Media Advisory - Registered Nurses to Hold Information Picket at Women's College Hospital Family Practice Health Centre
TORONTO, May 15, 2018 /CNW/ - Front-line registered nurses will hold an information picket outside the Grenville Street entrance of Women's College Hospital's Family Practice Health Centre today at noon.
The RNs – members of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) – are raising public awareness of the hospital's proposed cuts to RNs who provide care to the centre's patients. The RNs act as team nurses for each of the four teams at the health centre, ensuring continuity of care, coordinating care for the primarily part-time physicians and residents, and providing direct patient care.
ONA is asking for the public's support in pressing the hospital's Board Chair and CEO to rescind the cuts, which would halve the number of RNs in the clinic. Members of the public can send a message now by visiting (www.ona.org/wch).
Nurses will be at the 77 Grenville Street location from noon to 1 pm.
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 Stop RN Cuts |
Who: |
Ontario Nurses' Association members, supporters |
Where: |
Women's College Hospital Family Practice Health Centre, 77 Grenville Street |
When: |
Noon to 1:00 pm, Tuesday May 15, 2018 |
Visit us at: www.ona.org; Facebook.com/OntarioNurses; www.Twitter.com/OntarioNurses
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]
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