Giant Trojan Horse to visit Pembroke Regional Hospital on Monday: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

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October 25, 2024

Giant Trojan Horse to visit Pembroke Regional Hospital on Monday: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Pembroke, ON – On Monday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Pembroke Regional Hospital 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, secretary-treasurer of OCHU-CUPE
John Jackson, regional vice president of OCHU-CUPE

What: Protest against the privatization of hospital services

Where: Pembroke Regional Hospital, 705 MacKay St, Pembroke, ON

When: 11:30 a.m. on Monday, October 28

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

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