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March 31, 2020 15:17 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Why Are So Few Ontarians Being Tested and Tracked? Health Coalition Raises Questions About COVID-19 Numbers

TORONTO, March 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Around the world, stories are emerging from jurisdictions that have done thorough testing and tracking of COVID-19 cases. There is a deep consensus that...
March 05, 2020 12:58 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Ford Government’s Home Care Changes Dismantle Public Control, Risk Privatization: Health Coalition

TORONTO, March 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a press conference at the Ontario Legislature today, spokespeople for the Ontario Health Coalition raised concerns about the Ford government’s new...
January 27, 2020 11:39 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Media Advisory: Ontario Health Coalition release of new report "Caring in Crisis: Ontario’s Long-Term Care PSW Shortage"

TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wednesday, January 29, marks the first day of a cross-province tour of a new report, Caring in Crisis: Ontario’s Long-Term Care PSW Shortage. The issue of...
January 24, 2020 10:53 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Province Ignored Repeated Warnings and Evidence Leading to Yesterday’s Declaration of “State of Emergency” in Brampton Hospital, Similar Issues Apply Across Ontario

TORONTO and BRAMPTON, Ontario, Jan. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following the city’s declaration of a health care emergency in Brampton, on the heels of CBC’s release of new hospital overcrowding...
January 22, 2020 13:12 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

New CBC Hospital Overcrowding Data Should Compel Much More Substantive & Urgent Response from Ford Government: Health Coalition

TORONTO, Jan. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Responding to the CBC’s release of new Ontario hospital overcrowding data that shows the majority of the province’s hospitals have been operating at...
December 09, 2019 14:38 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Crisis Shortage of PSWs in Ontario's Long-Term Care Homes: New Report

TORONTO, Dec. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) released a new report today developed in partnership with UNIFOR on the Personal Support Worker (PSW) crisis in...
December 06, 2019 05:00 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

MEDIA ADVISORY: Briefing Note on Impact of Health Cuts in Ottawa Released in Advance of Major Health Care Rally: More Than a Thousand Expected to Fill Ottawa Stadium to Stop Health Cuts

OTTAWA, Dec. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calling on the Doug Ford government to stop the cuts to and elimination of local health care services, more than a thousand local Ottawa area residents will...
November 09, 2019 07:00 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

REPEAT -- MEDIA ADVISORY: Thousands Expected at Nathan Phillips Square to Stop Ford’s Cuts to and Elimination of Local Public Health Units, Ambulance Services, Hospitals, and Long-term Care

TORONTO, Nov. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calling on the Doug Ford government to stop health cuts and privatization, thousands of Greater Toronto Area residents will come together at Nathan...
November 07, 2019 07:00 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

MEDIA ADVISORY: Thousands Expected at Nathan Phillips Square to Stop Ford’s Cuts to and Elimination of Local Public Health Units, Ambulance Services, Hospitals, and Long-term Care

TORONTO, Nov. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calling on the Doug Ford government to stop health cuts and privatization, thousands of Greater Toronto Area residents will come together at Nathan...
November 01, 2019 05:00 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

REPEAT - Hundreds Expected to Fill Chatham Convention Centre to Stop Health Cuts

CHATHAM, Ontario, Nov. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calling on the Doug Ford government to stop the cuts to and elimination of local health care services, hundreds of local Chatham residents will be...