CODE RED: One in Four Ontario Hospitals Facing Significant Cuts or Closure
Coalition Warns that Hospital Cuts Have Reached Crisis Levels
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 04/02/15 -- In a new report, "Code Red: Ontario's Hospital Cuts Crisis" the Ontario Health Coalition warns that Ontario's hospitals are living in a permanent state of crisis, having been pushed by years of cuts into levels of overcrowding that are dangerous for patients and staff.
With the report, the Coalition released an interactive map of Ontario showing 51 hospital sites out of just over 200 hospital sites across the province that are marked as "Code Red" denoting significant hospital cuts or threat of closure. This means that at least one in four of Ontario hospitals is experiencing significant cuts or closure.
Ontario is in its eighth year of real-dollar cuts to hospital global budgets. For the last three years, hospital global budgets have been frozen at 0% increases, which is in real-dollar terms a significant cut. After decades of downsizing, the cuts are biting ever more deeply into vital patient care services. The coalition is calling on the government to stop the cuts.
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The interactive map and full report are available at:
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Natalie Mehra
executive director
(416) 230-6402 (cell)
Kim Johnston
campaign director
(416) 441-2502 (office)
647-381-7025 (cell)
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Datum: 02.04.2015 - 15:31 Uhr
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