Planned Closure of Five Hospitals in Niagara Puts Patients At Risk, Warns International Health Expert
Coalition is Concerned that Niagara Closures Pave the Way for Hospital Closures Across Ontario
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 04/02/15 -- Attn: Assignment Editor
An international health policy expert warned that the plan to close five hospitals in Niagara risks patient safety, "lacks any rational justification" and contains "glaring omissions". Dr. John Lister, author of two books on global health reform and professor at Coventry University, joined a press conference at Queen's Park from the U.K. by video conference today to give his analysis of the documents and reports used by the Minister and the LHIN to approve the closures of five communities' hospitals across Niagara. His findings are contained in a report, "Niagara Health System: Under Threat" released by the Ontario Health Coalition, available at .
Dr. Lister reviewed all of the publicly-published documents considered by the LHIN and Minister pertaining to the planned hospital closures in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Port Colborne, Fort Erie, Niagara Falls and Welland.
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The Health Coalition is calling on Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins, at minimum, to immediately stop the closure of the hospitals across Niagara, and restore the services that are currently being closed in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Contacts:
Ontario Health Coalition
Natalie Mehra
Executive Director
(416) 230-6402 (cell)
Ontario Health Coalition
Kim Johnston
Campaign Director
(416) 441-2502 (office) or 647-381-7025 (cell)
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Datum: 02.04.2015 - 14:40 Uhr
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