by OCHU | Jul 22, 2026 | Hospital Deficits, Media Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “We are breaking under the cuts”: Scarborough hospital workers call on Ford government to increase funding in the face of $36 million deficit TORONTO – 2,500 frontline workers at the Scarborough Health Network (SHN), represented by CUPE, are...
by OCHU | Jul 6, 2026 | Hospital Deficits, Media Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Health care workers to protest outside MPP Greg Rickford’s office tomorrow to demand more hospital funding Kenora, ON – Health care workers are organizing a rally in Kenora outside MPP Greg Rickford’s office to protest the provincial...
by OCHU | May 22, 2026 | Hospital Cuts, Hospital Deficits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Five-year trend shows ER wait-times continue to increase at Simcoe County hospitals amid funding shortfall: CCPA report Barrie, ON – Emergency department wait-times at Simcoe County Hospitals have increased significantly over the past five years,...
by OCHU | May 11, 2026 | Hospital Deficits
Failure, by Design Failure, by Design Report The deepening Ontario hospital funding crisis is harming patients and communities. New analysis of Ontario’s 136 hospitals shows that the majority of hospitals had operating deficits over the last three years. In 2024-25,...
