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‘If we close, people die’: Rural Ontario hospitals await ER staffing certainty
Rural and northern Ontario hospitals are anxiously awaiting word from the provincial government on a program that helps them keep...
Allison Jones
Apr 71 min read
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Hundreds of nurses rally outside Ontario hospitals to demand safer staffing levels
Hospital CEOs should implement registered nurse to patient ratios to improve workloads, union says Muriel Draaisma, Naama Weingarten ·...
Muriel Draaisma
Mar 212 min read
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Cancer patient left on the hospital floor for hours
His family has lodged a complaint with Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman. It’s just one of thousands. The Patient Ombudsman’s 2023-24 annual...
Megan Ogilvie
Mar 132 min read
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Son says cancer patient was stuck in Hamilton hospital hallway for two days in ‘excruciating pain’
‘It’s like Grand Central Station and you’re stuck right in the middle of it’ March 7, 2025 By Joanna Frketich, Reporter Glenn...
Joanna Frketich
Mar 92 min read
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Doug Ford has taken a wrecking ball to Hamilton health care
The starvation of public health care is not only widespread but deliberate. By Dr. Nancy Olivieri, Michael Hurley and Natalie Mehra...
Ontario Health Coalition
Feb 253 min read
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She waited 40 hours in the ER, surrounded by sick patients. It was the most dangerous place she could be — and a worsening reality in Ontario
A long wait for a woman who was very vulnerable to infection was a stark example of the problems in Ontario’s emergency departments. By...
Megan Ogilvie
Feb 232 min read
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Situation Critical
Don’t believe what Ford says - look at what they’ve done For more than a hundred years, Ontarians have donated, paid our taxes,...
Ontario Health Coalition
Jan 241 min read
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'Our health-care system is failing': More than 74,000 Canadians died waiting for health care since 2018
A new report also indicates more than 15,000 people in Canada died in 2023-24 while waiting for surgeries and diagnostic scans. Updated...
Chris Stoodley
Jan 191 min read
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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, 20241 min read
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2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds
1 out of every 5 hospitals with an ER or urgent care centre had unplanned shutdowns Julie Ireton , Valerie Ouellet · CBC News · Posted:...
Julie Ireton
Dec 2, 20241 min read
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Nursing Agencies Costly to Canada's Public Healthcare System
Medscape Medical News Marilynn Larkin October 07, 2024 Private nursing agencies are for-profit staffing companies that provide what are...
Marilynn Larkin
Oct 8, 20241 min read
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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, 20241 min read
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For-profit privatization is a threat to Public Medicare for all of us
BRIEFING NOTE: The Ford Government’s Plan to Privatize Ontario’s Public Hospital Services Posted: September 3, 2024 THE LATEST On...
Ontario Health Coalition
Sep 9, 20242 min read
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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, 20241 min read
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Doug Ford's joke about sending overflow patients to vet draws ire
'This is Doug Ford's let them eat cake moment,' says Ontario Liberal health critic The Canadian Press · Posted: Aug 14, 2024 4:29 PM EDT...
Canadian Press
Aug 15, 20241 min read
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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, 20241 min read
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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, 20241 min read
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'I don't think I'll last': How Canada's emergency room crisis could be killing thousands
As many as 15,000 Canadians may be dying unnecessarily every year because of hospital crowding, according to one estimate Sharon Kirkey...
Sharon Kirkey
Jul 20, 20241 min read
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Cataract surgery wait times down in Waterloo Region thanks to local partnership
Published June 26, 2024 10:11 p.m. EDT Wait times for cataract surgeries in Waterloo Region are down, as more publicly-funded surgeries...
Krista Simpson
Jun 28, 20241 min read
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Make it visible
Join the lawn sign campaign to stop Ford's health care privatization Posted: June 19, 2024 As we head into the summer, we are building...
Ontario Health Coalition
Jun 19, 20241 min read
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