Giant Trojan Horse to visit St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Guelph tomorrow: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Giant Trojan Horse to visit St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Guelph tomorrow: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Guelph, ON – On Wednesday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Guelph, symbolizing the “duplicity of the Ontario PCs hospital services’ privatization plan.”

As part of their province-wide Trojan Horse tour, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and the Ontario Health Coalition are calling for an end to ongoing privatization of hospital surgeries and diagnostic tests, and demanding the government invest in staffing and capacity in public hospitals.

Who: Sharon Richer, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, and the members of the two organizations

What: Protest against the privatization of hospital services

Where: St. Joseph’s Health Centre Guelph, 100 Westmount Rd, Guelph

When: 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 9

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For more information, contact:
Zaid Noorsumar
CUPE Communications
znoorsumar@cupe.ca
647-995-9859