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<\/p>\n(October 26, 2017)<\/p>\n
By: CTV News Windsor<\/p>\n
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The Ontario Health Coalition is getting ready for the next provincial election.<\/p>\n
The coalition is conducting a province-wide tour to hear stories from residents about the current state of public health care, and representatives stopped in Windsor on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Some of the residents who spoke expressed concerns about overcrowding in hospitals, as well as the new mega-hospital planned in Windsor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think what we\u2019ve heard is yes, there needs to be more funding but that funding needs to go to care\u201d says Natalie Mehra, the executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve heard this model of corporate and consultant run hospitals has reduced compassion to the point that it\u2019s not acceptable anymore and that compassion needs to be restored\u201d adds Mehra.<\/p>\n
But it wasn\u2019t all negative. Some residents praised the exceptional care at Windsor hospitals.<\/p>\n
The OHC says it will prepare a report for all political parties to make hospital funding a key issue in the next Ontario election.<\/p>\n