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North Bay citizens calling on ON Health Coalition to help stop cuts
(February 10, 2015) By K.A. Smith, baytoday.ca “You know that Clara Hughes campaign? She is asking people to come forward and ask for help with their mental health. The problem is there is nobody at the hospital to listen anymore.” This was the experience for Lana Brown. She stood before a crowd Monday night at […]
Read MoreWhile Ontario Liberals cut health funding, we need to support home care workers
(February 5, 2015) By Jesse McLaren, rabble.ca While the Ontario government cuts hospitals and downloads care onto the community, and Community Care Access Centre CEOs give themselves hefty pay hikes, both have forced frontline health workers onto cold picket lines to fight a wage freeze. Cutting and privatizing healthcare For years the Ontario Liberals have […]
Read More3,000 home and community care workers on strike across Ontario
(January 30, 2015) By Katrina Clarke, The Toronto Star Nearly 3,000 home and community health-care workers hit the chilly picket lines across Ontario Friday as CEOs, managers and administrators stepped up to the front lines. Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) workers voted to strike on Thursday evening after negotiations between the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) […]
Read MoreStanding up for health care
(January 27, 2015) By Valerie MacDonald, Northumberland Today PORT HOPE – The state of our health care and its future is the focus of a speakers event being hosted by the Northumberland Labour Council and Northumberland Coalition Against Poverty (NCAP). Standing Up For Health Care will take place Saturday, March 7 from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. […]
Read More‘Save the NOTL Hospital Group’ looks for support
(January 26,2015) By Melinda Cheevers, Niagara-on-the-lake Town Crier NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — A group of concerned residents from Niagara-on-the-Lake and beyond made their case for keeping the town’s cottage hospital open during a town hall meeting Saturday. The “Save the Niagara-on-the-Lake Hospital Group” hosted the event, held at the Community Centre, with about 70 people in attendance. […]
Read MoreSave OB Gets Coalition Support
(January 21, 2015) By Ricardo Venza, Blackburn News The Ontario Health Coalition is set to kick-off a campaign against the proposed closure of the obstetrics ward at Leamington District Memorial Hospital. A day-of-action outside of the London office of Liberal minister Deb Matthews, door-to-door campaigning and pushing the issue to area MPPs are all ideas […]
Read MoreHealth Coalition Joins OB Fight
(January 20, 2015) By Adelle Loiselle, Blackburn News The Ontario Health Coalition wants to help build the campaign to keep Leamington’s obstetrics unit open. The Erie St.Clair LHIN put the March 31 closure on hold while an expert panel reviews the decision by the board of directors at Leamington District Memorial Hospital.
Read MoreOntario Health Coalition joins fight to save Leamington obstetrics unit
(January 20, 2015) By Derek Spalding, Windsor Star Proponents behind the public campaign to save the obstetrics unit at Leamington District Memorial Hospital say they need to take their fight to Ontario’s health minister. That was one of the messages from a public meeting held Tuesday evening by the Ontario Health Coalition. The forum included discussions […]
Read MoreWhere’s senior’s physio after hip surgery?
(January 18, 2015) By Sue-Ann Levy, Toronto Sun Three years ago when Brenda McDonald had her first surgery to replace her left hip, she moved seamlessly from the hospital to a rehab centre where she received eight sessions of OHIP-funded physiotherapy. The 72-year-old Mississauga resident says even before she left the hospital, she was given […]
Read MoreHealth coalition battles impending hospital closing
(January 18, 2015) By Cathy MccCabe, niagarareview.ca The Niagara Health Coalition hosted a Save Our Niagara-on-the-Lake Hospital meeting Saturday at the Community Centre to raise awareness about the proposed closure. The closure of the NOTL hospital would mean the loss of 22 beds and the Nurse practitioner clinic.
Read MoreHealth Coalition looking for support for NOTL Hospital
(January 14, 2015) By Penny Coles, Niagara Advance A group of Niagara hospital supporters refuses to give up. Although there has been little opposition to the announced closure of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Hospital – at least not this time – Niagara Health Coalition co-chair Sue Hotte says it’s not too late to fight it.
Read MoreDiscussing Cuts at Leamington District Memorial Hospital
(January 14, 2015) By Sheila McBrayne, Leamington Southpoint Sun The Ontario Health Coalition, Leamington Health Coalition and Save OB Leamington are holding a public meeting to stop the closure of the obstetrics unit and save hospital services at Leamington District Memorial Hospital. The meeting will be held Tuesday, January 20 at 7 p.m. at Leamington […]
Read MoreEVENT: Members of Provincial Parliament Traveling Across Ontario for Pre-Budget Hearings
(January 6, 2015) *Info on rallies below The Ontario Provincial Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs has chosen Hamilton, Windsor, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Ottawa and Toronto to hold pre-budget consultations. We are now entering the 9th consecutive year of hospital cuts – the longest stretch of hospital cuts in Ontario’s history. […]
Read MoreRELEASE: Home care cuts undermining Medicare
(November 25, 2014) Toronto Star Letter to the Editor by Natalie Mehra, Executive Director of the Ontario Health Coalition, in response to Health Minister. Click here for Letter
Read MoreOntario Health Coalition protests hospital cuts at Queen’s Park
(November 21, 2014) Toronto Sun, Antonella Artuso, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief. TORONTO – Ontario’s health-care system is hurting from thousands of cuts as Premier Kathleen Wynne and her government pursue an “austerity” budget, protesters say. The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) arranged for hundreds of people – and a larger-than-life puppet of Wynne – to descend on Queen’s […]
Read MoreMidland, Penetanguishene residents protest hospital cuts: Rally at Ontario Legislature draws more than 2,000 people
(November 21, 2014) Midland Mirror, Jenni Dunning. TORONTO – Chanting, cheering and sign-waving residents of Midland and Penetanguishene joined a protest against hospital cuts of more than 2,000 people Nov. 21 at Queen’s Park in Toronto. Fran Moreau and Anne Robitaille spoke on a stage outside the Ontario Legislature about the closing of Georgian Bay […]
Read MoreStratford and Area Health Coalition urge locals to join them at a Nov. 21 rally at Queen’s Park
(November 14, 2014) Members of the Stratford and Area Health Coalition want to fill a bus headed to Queen’s Park for a Nov. 21 rally. The trip has been organized in conjunction with the Ontario Health Coalition. Buses from across the province are expected to arrive at Queen’s Park at noon for the protest to […]
Read MoreHospital mum on reasons for woman’s death after a dental abscess
(October 31, 2014) Pamela Minocha, 33, died in a Toronto hospital after a toothache. Because of a provincial secrecy loophole, her family doesn’t know why. Her parents don’t know if her unexpected death could have been prevented, because what happened is a secret shielded by the sweeping Quality of Care Information Protection Act (QCIPA). Invoking […]
Read MoreTaking Stock: With a New Health Minister it is Timely to Assess Where Ontario’s Health System is at and Where We are Going
posted July 18, 2014
(July 18, 2014) With the appointment of a new Health Minister, it is timely to take stock of where Ontario’s health system has come from and where we are going. There have been significant improvements in Ontario’s health care system. The number of MRIs has vastly increased. Wait time management has improved and there has […]
Read MoreThe cancer funding reversal a victory for the grassroots
(February 13, 2014) Chalk one up for public outrage. After more than two weeks of daily news coverage, petitioning, public meetings and the threat of a door-to-door, 40,000-home canvassing drive, a grassroots mobilization against plans to halt the local thoracic cancer program has succeeded. Windsor-area MPPs exalted at Queen’s Park Monday after the Liberal government […]
Read MoreDoor-to-door cancer campaign kicks off
(February 13, 2014) Nearly 100 supporters attended a meeting Saturday to kick off the Windsor-Essex Health Coalition’s campaign to fight the threatened loss of thoracic cancer surgery in the area. As part of the campaign, volunteers vow to knock on 40,000 doors throughout the community to collect signatures and information from individuals about what they’d […]
Read MoreHealth coalition vows to knock on 40,000 doors to keep thoracic cancer surgery in Windsor
(February 13, 2014) The Windsor Essex Health Coalition vows to knock on 40,000 doors as part of a campaign to fight the threatened loss of thoracic cancer surgery. Following a 10:30 a.m. organizing meeting at Windsor Public Library’s main branch on Ouellette Avenue, there should be volunteers knocking on doors throughout the community as early […]
Read MoreProvince not to blame for aging hospital facilities in Scarborough: MPPs
(February 13, 2014) Two Scarborough MPPs say Ontario’s Liberal government isn’t to blame for inadequate, aging facilities at both Scarborough hospitals which would hamper their efficiency even if they decide to merge. The hospitals themselves are responsible, Soo Wong and Bas Balkissoon suggested. “If the administration does not do its work and identify its needs, […]
Read MoreCoalition Fighting Privatized Healthcare
(February 13, 2014) A pilot campaign to keep healthcare services local and reject privatization is starting in Windsor. Executive Director of the Ontario Health Coalition Natalie Mehra says they’re teaming up with the Windsor-Essex chapter to go door-to-door looking for support. “I think that we can really win this one,” says Mehra. “I mean I […]
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