{"id":31193,"date":"2025-12-28T12:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T17:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=31193"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:39:48","slug":"ontario-is-on-track-to-lose-thousands-of-nurses-and-hospital-beds-local-mpp-says-situation-a-disaster-for-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/ontario-is-on-track-to-lose-thousands-of-nurses-and-hospital-beds-local-mpp-says-situation-a-disaster-for-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario is on track to lose thousands of nurses and hospital beds; Local MPP says situation a \u2018disaster\u2019 for Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(December 27, 2025) By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator (behind a paywall)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">&#8211;&gt;<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Here is a quote from the article: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cuts is the word the Ontario Health Coalition uses instead. The advocacy group\u2019s executive director, Natalie Mehra, says hospitals have talked about \u201ccuts as though they are efficiencies for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need hospital leadership to be brave and speak up and tell the public about what\u2019s really going on,\u201d Mehra said. \u201cBut if they won\u2019t, we will and the public should be rightfully angry about this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Click here for the original article<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(December 27, 2025) By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator (behind a paywall) &#8211;&gt; Here is a quote from the article: Cuts is the word the Ontario Health Coalition uses instead. 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