MEDIA ADVISORY: Giant Trojan Horse to visit Kingston Health Sciences Centre tomorrow: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Event Information

Begins: 7 November 2024
Location: Kingston, ON

KINGSTON, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– On Thursday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Kingston Health Sciences Centre – General, 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:
Kingston Health Sciences Centre – General, 76 Stuart St, Kingston, ON 

WHEN:
11:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 7

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For more information, contact:

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