MEDIA ADVISORY: Giant Trojan Horse to visit Hawkesbury & District General Hospital on Monday: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Event Information

Begins: 4 November 2024
Location: Hawkesbury, ON

HAWKESBURY, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– On Monday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Hawkesbury & District General 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
Suzanne Pinel-Asselin, francophone vice-president of OCHU-CUPE

WHAT:
Protest against the privatization of hospital services

WHERE:
Hawkesbury & District General Hospital, 1111 Ghislain St, Hawkesbury, ON 

WHEN:
9:00 a.m. on Monday, November 4

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For more information, contact:

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