{"id":8039,"date":"2019-05-15T11:11:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T15:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=8039"},"modified":"2019-05-15T11:11:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T15:11:14","slug":"this-is-just-the-beginning-of-the-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/this-is-just-the-beginning-of-the-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;This is just the beginning of the fight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Health coalition plans anti-privatization rally at Queen\u2019s Park<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nugget.ca\/author\/jhamilton-mccharles\"><span class=\"name\">Jennifer Hamilton-McCharles<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; Published on: April 24, 2019 | Last Updated: April 24, 2019 1:04 PM EDT<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-8040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/images-1-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/images-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/images-1-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/images-1.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"img-caption\">Thousands of teachers, students and union members came out to protest various education cuts at Queen&#8217;s Park April 6. The Ontario Health Coalition promises an equally large anti-privatization rally April 30. Jack Boland\/Postmedia Network<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>North Bay health care professionals and patient advocates will join thousands from across the province warning the public about privatization.<\/p>\n<p>A rally is planned for April 30 at noon at Queen\u2019s Park. Early numbers indicate 10,000 people will attend.<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, promises an unprecedented day of action, Health Action Day, to address concern that the Ford government intends unprecedented health care privatization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 150,000 nurses, doctors and support staff from more than 100 hospitals across the province will be wearing stickers warning about health care privatization,\u201d that day.<\/p>\n<p>The stickers say Stop Health Privatization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow they are cutting half-a-billion from OHIP services, cutting public health, restructuring and privatizing ambulance services, imposing funding constraints on hospitals and health care,\u201d Mehra said. \u201cWe are hearing from thousands of people who are upset and angry at the betrayal. We will not allow them to cut and privatize health care. This is just the beginning of the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mehra said the coalition is hearing from chronic patients, parents of autistic children, patients suffering from Crohn\u2019s and colitis and small and rural communities concerned services will be relocated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re also extremely concerned back-room deals are being made at Queen\u2019s Park.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The province\u2019s 65,000 registered nurses are concerned for their patients, said Ontario Nurses Association president Vicki McKenna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther communities having gone through similar cuts haven\u2019t fared well. Our rural communities are very anxious about their hospitals and urban centres will also be under massive stress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McKenna said she\u2019s confident that people will not stand by and watch them get dismantled and privatized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is now clear that a wide range of hospital clinical and support services, ambulance services and labs are targeted for privatization; that all new long-term are beds will roll out in the private sector and that 3,000 new hospital beds will be built in privately owned and operated hospitals,\u201d warned Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions representing support staff, nurses, health professionals, paramedics, personal support workers and other health-care workers across Ontario.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nugget.ca\/news\/local-news\/this-is-just-the-beginning-of-the-fight\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Click Here for the full article<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health coalition plans anti-privatization rally at Queen\u2019s Park Jennifer Hamilton-McCharles\u00a0&#8211; Published on: April 24, 2019 | Last Updated: April 24, 2019 1:04 PM EDT Thousands of teachers, students and union members came out to protest various education cuts at Queen&#8217;s Park April 6. 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