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Hannah Schmidt
Jun 4, 20242 min read
ER closures across Ontario prompt public hearings on improving local hospitals
Public Hearings on Protecting and Improving Local Hospitals: Community members invited to give input June 4, 2024 In response to over...
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Natalie Mehra
May 24, 20243 min read
The fightback is on!
An earnest appeal: There comes a time when conscience & community compel us to action There comes a time when one cannot sit on the...
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Patrick Neumann
May 20, 20242 min read
The health-care crisis won’t be solved without addressing the elephant in the room: Staff workload
Do you really want your loved one’s nurse or caregiver rushing through their required care? By Patrick Neumann and Sue Bookey-Bassett...
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Christina Frangou
May 20, 20242 min read
Private Health Care Is Here
A growing number of Canadians pay out of pocket for MRIs, hip replacements, even family doctor visits. How a two-tiered system crept into...
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Jessica Smith Cross
May 17, 20241 min read
'We are begging': Durham residents call on province to stop closure of rural hospital's in-patient beds
The province is working closely with the hospital in its decision to move its in-patient beds, a spokesperson says A busload of concerned...
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Avis Favaro
May 11, 20241 min read
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...
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Avis Favaro
Apr 30, 20241 min read
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,...
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Stu Campaigne
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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...
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Isaac Callan
Apr 24, 20241 min read
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...
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Rob Ferguson
Mar 27, 20241 min read
Ontario budget pours $2B into home care, but critics say it ignores long ER wait times
But critics said it doesn't put enough new cash into the health-care system to shorten long emergency room wait times or help people find...
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Barbara Patrocinio
Mar 27, 20241 min read
Health care budget increase for 2024-25 is below the cost of inflation at 1.3
Ontario pledges almost $50 billion over 10 years for health care in 2024 budget. The province is also committing to build 58,000 new...
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Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 20, 20242 min read
Giant Protest & March: The fightback is on to save public health care
Posted: March 18, 2024 Thursday May 30 12 pm noon The Fightback is On Either we save our public medicare now, or we are going to lose it...
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Sudbury.com Staff
Mar 9, 20241 min read
Why is there still a wage gap concern for women in the Ontario health care sector? Ford's attack on women's wages
Public sector health unions in Ontario said the gender wage gap for women is getting worse New research suggests Conservative Premier...
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Spencer Turcotte
Mar 4, 20241 min read
Kitchener, Ont. family meets with health minister after 19-hour wait for emergency surgery
A month after Ontario's health minister said she’d talk with the Kitchener family who waited 19 hours for an emergency appendectomy...
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Desmond Brown
Feb 8, 20241 min read
Ontario health-care workers 'at their wits end' over hospital staffing crisis: union
Hundreds held demonstration in Toronto calling on the province to act CBC News · Posted: Feb 06, 2024 7:41 PM EST | Last Updated:...
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Matt Betts
Jan 20, 20241 min read
Hurry up and wait.
'This is not inevitable:' Offload delays continue to plague hospital Provincial NDP leader and the Waterloo Region Health Coalition met...
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Matt Gurney
Jan 20, 20241 min read
Can you remember the last time health care wasn’t in crisis?
OPINION: I can't remember the last time the system was functioning well. Who knows how bad it'll have to get before somebody does...
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Patrick Swadden
Jan 8, 20241 min read
This newborn waited 5 hours for a doctor. Experts say Ontario's ER wait times have never been worse
Markham, Ont., man says 2-week-old son wasn't seen by triage nurse for an hour CBC News · Posted: Jan 06, 2024 5:00 AM EST | Last...
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Jordan Omstead
Jan 3, 20241 min read
Is Ontario Failing Hospital Staff? Union Demands Province Provide Support Amid Overwork Claims
TORONTO - Hospital workers are buckling under the pressure of heavy workloads largely brought about by a staffing crisis, an Ontario...
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Maddi Dellplain
Dec 26, 20231 min read
Holiday wishes for our beleaguered health-care system
Health-care workers and experts share their wishes for Canada's health-care system this holiday season. Here’s what they had to say.
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