{"id":1429,"date":"2014-07-17T19:01:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T23:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2021-07-21T16:40:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:40:07","slug":"a-rural-nurse-speaks-out-new-report-appeals-for-devastating-cuts-to-small-community-hospitals-to-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/a-rural-nurse-speaks-out-new-report-appeals-for-devastating-cuts-to-small-community-hospitals-to-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"<FONT COLOR=\"#E00000\">REPORT: <\/FONT> A Rural Nurse Speaks Out: New Report Appeals for Devastating Cuts to Small Community Hospitals to Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(June 5, 2014) The OHC has released a new report by Shirley Roebuck, RN, and a number of rural active or retired rural physicians, administrators and community members on the devastating cuts to small rural community hospitals across Ontario. The report includes a list sampling of devastating cuts to small and rural hospitals across Ontario.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The worst cuts have been in Niagara, Shelburne, Burk\u2019s Falls, Penetanguishene, Picton and Wallaceburg. The worse hit hospitals are the smaller sites of hospitals amalgamated in the 1990s. But many other residents in communities with small hospitals have seen their services decimated by relentless downsizing and movement of services out of town. The report\u2019s authors note that small hospitals save money \u2013 costing less than half, per patient \u2013 and have a vital role in saving lives within the \u201cgolden hour\u201d of resuscitation. The report contains 24 recommendations to restore and improve\u00a0small hospitals in Ontario, recruit and retain staff, restore sound funding and re-establish democratic governance.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/June-5-2014-Rural-Nurse-media-release.pdf\">Click here for Media Release<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/June-5-2014-Rural-Nurse-Full-Report.pdf\">Click here for Full Report<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(June 5, 2014) The OHC has released a new report by Shirley Roebuck, RN, and a number of rural active or retired rural physicians, administrators and community members on the devastating cuts to small rural community hospitals across Ontario. 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