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Know Your Options: Getting the right care in the right place
Accessing treatment in setting other than emergency departments – when appropriate- can lessen wait times, Dr. Rafi Setrak writes. Posted...

Rafi Setrak
Jan 4


Ten Health Care Predictions for 2025
THE YEAR AHEAD 2025 The family doctor crisis will finally start to ease, while pharmacists take centre stage in patient care. The battle...

Maclean's
Dec 31, 2024


The Crumbling State of Northern Ontario’s Healthcare: A Call to Action
Healthcare in Ontario is crumbling but it's even worse in Northern Ontario and residents can't afford to wait for change any longer Lisa...

Lisa Rene-de-Cotret
Dec 29, 2024


Holiday Message from Natalie Mehra
Dear all our members and supporters, As I sit down to write a holiday message to you that I hope has some meaning, I am thinking about a...

Natalie Mehra
Dec 29, 2024


Hospital discharges, what rights do patients & their substitute decision-makers have?
Posted: December 20, 2024 At this webinar, Jane Meadus, lawyer and advocate at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, and Natalie Mehra,...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Dec 22, 2024


Protesters shame Ontario government during pre-budget consultations
Healthcare top topic of concern for those protesting; voters urged to contact local MPPs and voice their displeasure Three local health...

Bob Ross
Dec 17, 2024


Protest as MPPs come to Stratford on pre-budget tour:
Local citizens angry at Ford government for underfunding, privatizing & destroying our public health care plan to make their voices heard...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Dec 14, 2024


Patients wait 222 per cent longer than in 1993
Emergency physician Dr. Kashif Pirzada discusses an alarming report showing health-care wait times have reached an all time high in...

CTV National News
Dec 13, 2024


No Room at the Inn: Hospital discharges, what rights do patients & their substitute decision-makers have?
Join our upcoming webinar "No Room at the Inn: Hospital discharges, what rights do patients & their substitute decision-makers have?" as...

Ontario Health Coalition
Dec 9, 2024


Patients, not politicians, decide what is an emergency
Nov 6, 2024 by Alan Drummond , Raghu Venugopal Ontario Premier Doug Ford made reckless statements on Oct. 25 that we as emergency...

Alan Drummond
Nov 11, 2024


More than five million Canadians struggle to access primary care, new CIHI report says
Oct. 24, 2022 More than five million Canadian adults struggle to access prirnary care, according to a new report on the status of...

Kristy Kirkup
Oct 25, 2024


You can be fired by your doctor for visiting a walk-in clinic
In fear of getting de-rostered, some patients have resorted to visiting ERs for non-emergency care when their family doctors aren't...

Kevin Jiang
Oct 8, 2024


Majority of Ontarians feel province is mismanaging health-care system: government poll
Reducing surgical wait times is the top concern Most blame the Ford government TORONTO – An overwhelming number of Ontarians believe that...

Aidan Chamandy
Sep 25, 2024


Hospital data shows Ontario's hallway health care problem is worse than ever
Internal government data shows nearly 2,000 patients on average kept in ‘unconventional spaces’ like hallways and break rooms in January...

Aidan Chamandy
Sep 16, 2024


MYTH BUSTER: 10 big myths about health care privatization
September 10, 2024 The Ford government is indeed privatizing our public health care system. It is false to claim they are not. It is a...

Ontario Health Coalition
Sep 9, 2024


Surgical waits vary a lot between Ontario hospitals: study
Authors urge province to better co-ordinate waitlists for non-urgent surgery Mike Crawley · CBC News · Posted: Aug 16, 2024 4:00 AM EDT A...

Mike Crawley
Aug 16, 2024


Join us at FordFest and #ThankDougFord for nothing!
Milton, Ontario Doug Ford is hosting his annual FordFest in Milton on Friday, August 16 to celebrate his so-called “accomplishments.” ...

Ontario Federation of Labour
Aug 14, 2024


Study says Ontario’s hospital workers are ‘Running on Empty’
By Richard Coffin Tuesday, Aug. 13th, 2024 A new peer-reviewed study warns Ontario’s hospital workers, including those locally, are in...

Richard Coffin
Aug 14, 2024


Three-year wait for patient to see an Ontario ear, nose, and throat specialist
By Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire July 8, 2024 An Ontario doctor is sounding off about the three years one of his patients has to wait...

Clayton DeMaine
Jul 17, 2024


Shame on you and your government, Doug Ford!
From: Gord Assman Date: Tue., Jul. 16, 2024, 1:13 p.m. Subject: LCBO "CRISIS" To: doug.ford@pc.ola.org <doug.ford@pc.ola.org>,...

Gord Assman
Jul 16, 2024
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