OHC report shows service closures at rural hospitals ‘unprecedented and getting worse’

December 13, 2023 @ 9:52 amListowel Banner, Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Brenda Scott, Chesley Hospital Community Support committee, and Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, are shown in front of the Chesley hospital, which has seen several temporary daytime ER closures in addition to the ongoing night and weekend closures. The two were present at a press conference at Queen’s Park on Dec. 5. (Walkerton Herald-Times/Pauline Kerr file photo)
TORONTO – The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) has released a new report that shows the frequency and severity of hospital closures in this province is “unprecedented, and it’s getting worse.” The OHC took their message to Doug Ford on Tuesday, Dec. 5, with a press conference at Queen’s Park. Among those present were representatives from…
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Pauline Kerr is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with the Walkerton Herald-Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.