It ain't over yet!
Victories come in little packets and yesterday we won one. The LHIN has decided to keep some of the recently announced beds to be cut, open; they will not be cut - not this year anyway (see this story). Now we have to fight even harder to get the full Diabetes Clinic services and the Outpatient Rehab back into operation.
So don't tell me that "nothing can be done!" as all the naysayers have been telling us every step of the way. Hopefully we can convince the 'Doubting Thomases' that the rest of the job can be done. But it will need effort. The next effort is to atend a meeting at the Motor Inn at 7pm on June 1st. Then the full AGM of the hospital association has to be attended to stop the bylaw revisions that will effectively, if adopted take the majority of the membership out of the Association.
So congratulations to all - the 5,000 people who signed the petition, Cobourg Council that passed a mighty fine motion decrying the cuts and all of those who have lobbied, attended rallies and lent support to the cause.
So don't tell me that "nothing can be done!" as all the naysayers have been telling us every step of the way. Hopefully we can convince the 'Doubting Thomases' that the rest of the job can be done. But it will need effort. The next effort is to atend a meeting at the Motor Inn at 7pm on June 1st. Then the full AGM of the hospital association has to be attended to stop the bylaw revisions that will effectively, if adopted take the majority of the membership out of the Association.
So congratulations to all - the 5,000 people who signed the petition, Cobourg Council that passed a mighty fine motion decrying the cuts and all of those who have lobbied, attended rallies and lent support to the cause.
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The Ontario Health Coalition's report, released May 17th, is quite a document, pulling no punches in its assessment of the current situation.
It's called "Toward Access and Equality: Realigning Ontario's Approach to Small and Rural Hospitals to Serve Public Values".
If you go to the OHC main page you'll find a link under What's New.
Their address is:
www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca
This is well worth the time it takes to read it.
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