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Stand Up for Public Healthcare!
If we don't, then who will? Did you vote for a US style privatized healthcare system ..NO! Then join our rally and reserve a seat on our...
Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 14, 20241 min read
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The emergency department is no place to be told you have cancer
Patients are ‘routinely’ being diagnosed with cancer in busy Canadian emergency rooms, doctors warn On a recent 12-hour shift, Dr. Kyle...
Megan Ogilvie
May 13, 20241 min read
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For the love of God, give family doctors more money
OPINION: “More money” may not be the solution for everything. But when it comes to retaining and recruiting GPs, it’s about as close to a...
Matt Gurney
May 12, 20242 min read
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Bill 135 Will Cause Home Care Chaos
Privatization, Precarity, Profit: Healthcare Unions Speak Up for Home Care Services ONA President Erin Ariss, RN, stood in solidarity...
Ontario Nurses' Association
May 12, 20241 min read
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We’ve seen claims of ‘Common Sense’ before and it wasn’t pretty
Each time I hear Pierre Poilievre repeat his “common sense” slogan, my mind leaps back to the turmoil in Ontario during the Common Sense...
John Cartwright
May 12, 20241 min read
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Ontario coroner to investigate death of man who suffered cardiac arrest while waiting in ER
A provincial coroner will be investigating the death of 68-year-old David Lippert, who suffered a cardiac arrest while waiting in a...
Avis Favaro
May 11, 20241 min read
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Health Ministry ignoring concerns about the 'diminished supply' of doctors
No concern about 'diminished supply' of doctors: health ministry Arbitration with province's doctors over compensation in dire shape, OMA...
Allison Jones
May 8, 20242 min read
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Is Public Health Care Worth Fighting For?
Ontario Health Coalition hosts town hall to promote a resounding "Yes!" The group is urging citizens to stand up for public health care....
Mike McDonald
May 5, 20241 min read
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Trapped in bed, I’ve grown accustomed to hunger and despair — a year in LTC
I am on every crisis list to get out of this nursing home, even willing to move away from family for proper care. May 4, 2024 Deb...
Deb Boekestein
May 4, 20241 min read
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Stop the privatization of our public health care
Ontario funds its public hospitals at the lowest rate in Canada. Every service that has been cut from our public hospitals has been...
Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 4, 20241 min read
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Nurses and health-care professionals picket to protest profits in nursing homes
Media Statement: Nurses and health-care professionals picket to protest profits in nursing homes For-profit Extendicare CEO keynote...
Ontario Nurses' Association
May 1, 20242 min read
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Man dies after suffering cardiac arrest while waiting in ER, widow wants investigation
“We offer our condolences to the family and encourage them to reach out directly to our Patient Relations team," said Brandon Douglas,...
Avis Favaro
May 1, 20241 min read
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Ontario edging toward American health care model — health coalition
Ontario Health Coalition plans a May 30 protest. 'We're very close. If people don't care about their health care it's going to happen and...
Stu Campaigne
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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Ford could break Ontario’s fractured home-care system
Just as the province sees an explosion in demand for home care, it is plunging this service into chaos. By Erin Ariss, Fred Hahn and J.P....
Erin Ariss
Apr 25, 20241 min read
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Ford government wins battle to keep health-care staffing shortage figures secret
By Isaac Callan & Colin D'Mello Global News Posted April 24, 2024 The Ford government has won a privacy battle to keep the extent of its...
Isaac Callan
Apr 25, 20241 min read
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“I’ve been a family doctor for more than 20 years. Now, I have no choice but to close my practice
Rising costs, new administrative duties and subsequent burnout have made it impossible for physician Fan-Wah Mang to keep her Mississauga...
Anthony Milton
Apr 18, 20242 min read
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For-Profit Healthcare: Who Really Pays the Price?
Doug Ford is following the lead of Alberta and B.C. by implementing for-profit healthcare. Now we know that the cost to patients and...
Green Party of Ontario
Apr 15, 20241 min read
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‘I’m not paying it’: Ontario family furious over $400/day hospital fine for not moving to LTC
Law was passed by Doug Ford government in fall 2022 Posted April 10, 2024 A few weeks ago, Michele Campeau faced what seemed like an...
Liam Casey
Apr 10, 20241 min read
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Care Not Profit
On April 12, ONA members and allies will join all-out information pickets in communities across the province. These pickets will show our...
Ontario Nurses' Association
Apr 9, 20241 min read
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Province denies application for new family doctor in Elmvale
Springwater Township and family physician had lease agreement ready to go Apr 5, 2024 1:30 PM Working quietly behind the scenes for a...
Wayne Doyle
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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