Giant Trojan Horse to visit Hamilton General Hospital on Tuesday: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Giant Trojan Horse to visit Hamilton General Hospital on Tuesday: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Hamilton, ON – On Tuesday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Hamilton General 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 CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE); Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition;

              Kevin Cook, first vice president of OCHU-CUPE;  Jillian Watt, president of CUPE 7800, representing workers at Hamilton Health Sciences.

What:   Protest against the privatization of hospital services

Where: Hamilton General Hospital, 237 Barton St E, Hamilton, ON

When:  11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 15

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For more information, contact:

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