MEDIA ADVISORY: Media conference in Kingston on Wednesday afternoon: New report on hospital crisis shows wide gulf between staffing and capacity improvements required versus the Ford government’s insufficient plan

Event Information

Begins: 23 August 2023
Location: Kingston, ON

CUPE/OCHU media conference to reveal statistical trends pointing to an exacerbation of the ongoing crisis in Ontario’s hospital sector, and the number of additional staff and beds required in Kingston

KINGSTON, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– A new report on Ontario’s hospital staffing and capacity challenges warns that the current crisis will only worsen over the next four years due to a failure of planning by the Ford government.

Ontario’s Hospital Crisis: No Capacity, No Plan, No End cites latest data from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information that illustrate troubling trends in the sector as staff vacancies and overcrowding increase.

CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Union (OCHU/CUPE) will be releasing the full findings of the report at a media conference in Kingston on Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m.

Drawing a sharp contrast with the government’s inadequate plan as the hospital sector lurches into a deeper crisis, the union will be revealing the number of additional hospital staff and beds required in Kingston over the next four years to meet patient needs.

Who:
Michael Hurley, President of OCHU/CUPE
and Doug Allan, CUPE Hospital Sector Researcher

What:
OCHU/CUPE Media Conference to announce findings of the research report “Ontario’s Hospital Crisis: No Capacity, No Plan, No End”

When:
2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23

Where:
City Hall
216 Ontario Street, Kingston, ON

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For more information contact:

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