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No end to hallway medicine possible with spending cuts; SAH and NSHN stand to lose more beds and hundreds of staff


SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, July 16, 2018 /CNW/ - Sault Ste. Marie's hospital and patients will not escape the impact of cutbacks resulting from the combination of 4 per cent spending cuts, $7 billion in tax cuts and a drive for a balanced budget ? all promised by Ontario's PCs, warns the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE). Factor in restructuring and privatization, and even larger cuts loom, according to a new report, Hallway Medicine:  It Can Be Fixed, being released in Sault Ste. Marie on Tuesday, July 17 at 10:30 a.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25, 96 Great Northern Road, Sault Ste. Marie.

Logo: Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) / Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). (CNW Group/Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE))

OCHU, the hospital division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (OCHU/CUPE), has crunched the numbers on three key Ford promises and forecasts their impact on many community hospitals across the province including the Sault Area Hospital (SAH) and the North Shore Health Network (NSHN).

During this spring's election campaign, Ford promised to end "hallway medicine." Many Ontario patients are forced to spend days on gurneys in hallways or are sent home while acutely ill, victims of a decade of real hospital funding cuts and of the 18,000 beds eliminated over the last 20 years.

The CUPE research report makes several recommendations for ending hallway medicine. It also shows that, far from ending hospital overcrowding, Ford's tax cuts and public service cost-cutting plans, when combined with his deficit elimination promise, will mean substantial real funding cuts for hospitals.

"We can end hallway medicine by making investments to meet the needs of an aging and growing population. These additional investments are not permanent, but they are needed for the life of the baby boom generation. Sault Ste. Marie's hospital, already dealing with overcapacity and years of underfunding, will not be able to maintain the quality of patient care in the face of demographic pressures without these investments," says OCHU President Michael Hurley.

 

SOURCE Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)


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