{"id":31091,"date":"2025-12-08T12:30:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=31091"},"modified":"2025-12-10T12:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:56:32","slug":"hamilton-hospital-jobs-cut-amid-177-million-shortfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/hamilton-hospital-jobs-cut-amid-177-million-shortfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton hospital jobs cut amid $177-million shortfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(December 6, 2025) By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator (behind a paywall)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&gt;<b> The first part of the article follows: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hamilton\u2019s hospitals are short $177 million this fiscal year, prompting St. Joseph\u2019s Healthcare to cut 62 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) refused to provide any information about the number of jobs it has eliminated as it faces a deficit for the fifth straight year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re hiding information that it makes no sense to hide\u201d said Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, which advocates to protect and improve the health-care system. \u201cHospitals should be accountable to their communities, and it\u2019s in the public interest that people understand the impact of budget reductions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Click here for the original article<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(December 6, 2025) By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator (behind a paywall) &#8211;&gt; The first part of the article follows: Hamilton\u2019s hospitals are short $177 million this fiscal year, prompting St. Joseph\u2019s Healthcare to cut 62 jobs. 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