MEDIA ADVISORY: Giant Trojan Horse to visit Espanola Regional Hospital on Friday: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Event Information

Begins: 25 October 2024
Location: Espanola, ON

ESPANOLA, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– On Friday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Espanola Regional 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
Dave Tremblay, regional vice president of OCHU/CUPE
Suzanne Pinel-Asselin, francophone vice-president of OCHU/CUPE

WHAT:
Protest against the privatization of hospital services

WHERE:
Espanola Regional Hospital, 825 McKinnon Dr, Espanola, ON

WHEN:
11:30 a.m. on Friday, October 25

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For more information, contact:

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