{"id":2189,"date":"2004-03-05T18:19:41","date_gmt":"2004-03-05T23:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=2189"},"modified":"2020-10-19T15:26:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T19:26:51","slug":"health-ministry-sit-in-to-stop-private-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/health-ministry-sit-in-to-stop-private-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"<FONT COLOR=\"#E00000\">RELEASE: <\/FONT> Health Ministry Sit-In to Stop Private Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(March, 2004) On Thursday March 4th, the Ontario Health Coalition staged a sit-in at the Ministry of Health to send a message to stop the first two private hospitals since the inception of Medicare. The Health Minister&#8217;s office agreed to more disclosure of documents pertaining to the deals, however did not agree to cancel the deals yet. The action was the first in an escalating campaign to stop private hospitals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Media-Release-Mar-4-2004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Click here for Media Release\u00a0<\/span><\/a>(March 4, 2004)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Media-Release-mar-5-2004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for Media Release\u00a0<\/a><\/span>(March 5, 2004)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(March, 2004) On Thursday March 4th, the Ontario Health Coalition staged a sit-in at the Ministry of Health to send a message to stop the first two private hospitals since the inception of Medicare. 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