MEDIA ADVISORY: Giant Trojan Horse to visit Wingham & District Hospital tomorrow: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Event Information

Begins: 10 October 2024
Location: Wingham, ON

WINGHAM, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– 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