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

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

Cornwall, ON – On Monday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Cornwall Community 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:    Kevin Cook, first vice president of OCHU-CUPE

Suzanne Pinel-Asselin, francophone vice-president of OCHU-CUPE

What:   Protest against the privatization of hospital services

Where: Cornwall Community Hospital, 840 McConnell Ave, Cornwall, ON

When:  11:30 a.m. on Monday, November 4

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For more information, contact:

Zaid Noorsumar
CUPE Communications
znoorsumar@cupe.ca
647-995-9859