By Staff
October 3rd, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
The CUPE Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and Ontario Health Coalition are kicking off a Trojan Horse tour this Friday at Queen’s Park, to protest the Ford government’s privatization of public hospital services.
A 15-foot replica of a Trojan Horse will travel to media conferences around the province.
The Tour will be in Burlington on October 11th, Joseph Brant Hospital 9:00-10:00am and at the St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (9:00-10:00am), then the Hamilton General Hospital (11:30am-1:00pm) and the McMaster Children’s Hospital (3:00-4:00pm) all on October 15th.
CUPE, the union and the Ontario Health Coalition maintain the Ford government is privatizing surgeries by taking public funding and staff away from public hospitals to for-profit clinics which only makes wait times worse. Not only do these clinics cost more, but they illegally and unlawfully charge patients thousands of dollars for medically necessary care. To represent the false claim that privatizating surgeries will reduce wait times in public hospitals, a 15-foot replica of a Trojan Horse will travel around to media conferences around the province.
The list of dates and locations can be found below
11-Oct Joseph Brant Hospital (9:00-10:00am)
15-Oct St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (9:00-10:00am) + Hamilton General Hospital (11:30am-1:00pm)
McMaster Children’s Hospital (3:00-4:00pm)
Our hospitals have been understaffed with health care workers for many years. The working conditions are so unreasonable that many nurses, for example, have left the health care system only making matters worse. Has anyone else noticed the increased presence of security at hospitals? If only we had proper working conditions and more staff, the frustration levels of patients might be reduced and we could replace security with nurses. Is the Federal government ok with privatization? What will happen to the transfer payments for health care?