{"id":23994,"date":"2023-02-02T21:28:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T02:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=23994"},"modified":"2023-02-28T23:52:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T04:52:05","slug":"stopping-privatization-the-focus-of-health-coalition-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/stopping-privatization-the-focus-of-health-coalition-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Stopping privatization the focus of Health Coalition session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(February 2, 2023)<\/p>\n<p>By: Richard Coffin, My North Bay Now<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynorthbaynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Hospital-Bed.jpg\" width=\"388\" height=\"191\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo by MyNorthBayNow.com staff)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The North Bay and District Health Coalition is holding an emergency meeting to discuss a plan to stop the privatization of surgeries and diagnostics in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>The session is being held Thursday, Feb. 2 at 6pm at the OPSEU Hall (150 First Avenue). It will be available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/83591902511?pwd=QTFic1dGYnhUUWRUZENXdmtSSEoxZz0%209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe privatization of our health care system is heading in the wrong direction and we Ontarians need to stop them,\u201d says Henri Giroux, Chair of North Bay and District Health Coalition. \u201cThe government needs to fix the healthcare system not sell it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the province announced a three-step plan to reduce surgery wait times, with about 25 percent of cataract surgeries done in community surgical and diagnostic centres.<\/p>\n<p>The province says it will also expand MRI and CT scans to private clinics later this year and introduce legislation this month that, if passed, will allow the clinics to perform hip and knee replacement surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>Vic Fedeli, Nipissing MPP, previously said nothing has changed with healthcare remaining universal, or free in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou use your OHIP card, not your credit card,\u201d he told\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mynorthbaynow.com\/91913\/news\/province-introduces-plan-to-reduce-surgery-wait-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MyNorthBayNow.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Fedeli says this is an expansion of using private organizations and it\u2019s nothing unusual or new.<\/p>\n<p>Along with a province-wide referendum, the Ontario Health Coalition is holding town halls and protests in communities across the province this month.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mynorthbaynow.com\/92110\/news\/stopping-privatization-the-focus-of-health-coalition-session\/\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(February 2, 2023) By: Richard Coffin, My North Bay Now (Photo by MyNorthBayNow.com staff) The North Bay and District Health Coalition is holding an emergency meeting to discuss a plan to stop the privatization of surgeries and diagnostics in Ontario. 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