FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kenora, ON – On Monday afternoon, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Lake of the Woods District Hospital Kenora 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: Kevin Cook, first vice president of OCHU/CUPE
Judy Bain, regional vice president of OCHU/CUPE
What: Protest against the privatization of hospital services
Where: Lake of the Woods District Hospital, 21 Sylvan St, Kenora, ON
When: 4:00 p.m. on Monday, October 21
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For more information, contact:
Zaid Noorsumar
CUPE Communications
znoorsumar@cupe.ca
647-995-9859
