SUDBURY, Ontario, Nov. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
When: Friday, November 9 at 11:30 a.m.
Where: Main Public Library, Meeting Room 1, 74 MacKenzie Street, Sudbury
What: Press Conference
Who: The Ontario Health Coalition, the Sudbury Health Coalition, patients, health care unions, health professionals and nurses, and concerned citizens have joined together to advocate to save the services and stop the cuts.
What: Health care in Sudbury has already suffered drastic cuts to the hospital services people need. Three hospitals are now closed and have been replaced by only one. Now, the one remaining hospital is facing massive cuts to services. More than a hundred health care professionals, nurses, and vital patient support staff are being cut across dozens of hospital departments. This will have a devastating effect on access to health care services for the whole region if we do not stop it.
The Ontario Health Coalition has called a Town Hall meeting for November 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Steelworkers Union Hall and Conference Centre, Small Hall, 66 Brady Street, Sudbury. The public is being urged to attend this information session and launch of a major campaign to stop the cuts to Health Sciences North.
Working with local communities, the Ontario Health Coalition has successfully saved dozens of hospitals, emergency departments, nursing units and other vital services that have come under threat of cuts in recent years.
For more information please contact:
Dot Klein, Sudbury Health Coalition 705-566-9072
Natalie Mehra, executive director, Ontario Health Coalition 416-230-6402 (mobile)
Dana Boettger, communications, Ontario Health Coalition, 416-441-2502 (office)