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

Event Information

Begins: 6 November 2024
Location: Smiths Falls, ON

SMITHS FALLS, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– On Wednesday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Smiths Falls Community 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 OCHU-CUPE
John Jackson, regional vice-president of OCHU-CUPE

WHAT:
Protest against the privatization of hospital services

WHERE:
Smiths Falls Community Hospital, 60 Cornelia St W, Smiths Falls, ON 

WHEN:
11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 6

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For more information, contact:

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