FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2024
Giant Trojan Horse to visit Wingham & District Hospital tomorrow: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries
Wingham, ON – On Thursday afternoon, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Wingham & District 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, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE); Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition;
What: Protest against the privatization of hospital services
Where: Wingham & District Hospital, 270 Carling Terrace, Wingham ON
When: 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 10
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For more information, contact:
Zaid Noorsumar
CUPE Communications
znoorsumar@cupe.ca
647-995-9859
