MEDIA ADVISORY: Trojan Horse to visit Credit Valley Hospital as OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition demand end to privatization of hospital services

Event Information

Begins: 7 October 2024
Location: Mississauga, ON

MISSISSAUGA, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– On Monday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, symbolizing the “duplicity of the Ontario PCs hospital services’ privatization plan.”

As part of their province-wide Trojan Horse tour, the 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:
Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, and the members of the two organizations

WHAT:
Protest against the privatization of hospital services

WHERE:
Credit Valley Hospital, 2200 Eglinton Ave W, Mississauga, ON

WHEN:
11:30 a.m. on Monday, October 7

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For more information, contact:

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