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

Event Information

Begins: 5 November 2024
Location: Carleton Place, ON

CARLETON PLACE, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– On Tuesday afternoon, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Carleton Place & District Memorial 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:
Kevin Cook, first vice-president of OCHU-CUPE
John Jackson, regional vice president of OCHU-CUPE

WHAT:
Protest against the privatization of hospital services

WHERE:
Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital, 211 Lake Ave. E, Carleton Place ON

WHEN:
3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 5

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For more information, contact:

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