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Emergency: COVID-19 Crisis Situation In Ontario Requires Stronger Measures AND Stronger Supports for People Impacted, Today is Deadliest Day of Pandemic So Far
07 janv. 2021 17h00 HE | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Jan. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today is the deadliest day of the pandemic so far, 89 people died in the last 24-hour period. By every measure the situation is critical, warns the Ontario...
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Health Coalition Disappointed with Ford Government’s Staffing Report Announcement: No Recruitment Drive Announced, Timelines for Staffing Improvements Mean Slight Improvements Year After Next
17 déc. 2020 17h25 HE | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As more and more long-term care homes fall into dire staffing crises, the Ontario Health Coalition expressed its anger and disappointment with the...
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MEDIA ADVISORY - Press Conference by Zoom: Survey of Front-Line Staff in Long-Term Care Homes About Why Large COVID-19 Outbreaks are Spreading Reveals Major Breakdowns in Infection Control, Care
17 déc. 2020 15h42 HE | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- From mid-November to this week the Ontario Health Coalition has surveyed more than 80 staff in different long-term care homes with large outbreaks about...
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A Call to Conscience: New Report on the COVID-19 Crisis in Long-Term Care in Wave 2 Reveals Huge Gaps in Ford Government’s Response
17 déc. 2020 10h34 HE | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the last 24 hours alone 18 residents have died and there have been 115 new reported COVID-19 infections in Ontario’s long-term care homes. The second...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Press Conference - Ford Government Refusing to Amend Legislation Making it Harder for Families of the Deceased in Long-term Care to Seek Justice; Advocates, Families and Lawyers Call MPPs to Conscience
10 nov. 2020 13h36 HE | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ford government has introduced legislation that would make it significantly harder for residents and families to hold long-term care homes liable for...
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Inquiry into Long-Term Care & COVID-19 Cannot Preclude Immediate Actions that are Needed, Must be Independent and Transparent: Health Coalition
19 mai 2020 14h09 HE | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, May 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition, which has called for a full public commission or inquiry into the province’s response to COVID-19, responded to the Ford...
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COVID-19 infections among more than a dozen long-term care homes and almost 100 health care workers infected in Ontario: Health Coalition
31 mars 2020 17h58 HE | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, March 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition has been tracking the number of residents and staff infected with COVID-19 in long-term care homes as well as the number of...
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Why Are So Few Ontarians Being Tested and Tracked? Health Coalition Raises Questions About COVID-19 Numbers
31 mars 2020 15h17 HE | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, March 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Around the world, stories are emerging from jurisdictions that have done thorough testing and tracking of COVID-19 cases. There is a deep consensus that...
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Media Advisory: Groups Come Together to Launch Campaign to Save Local Health Care Services
08 oct. 2019 18h13 HE | Ontario Health Coalition
Attention: Assignment Editor   CHATHAM, Ontario, Oct. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Groups from across Southwestern Ontario are announcing the launch of a major campaign to culminate in a...
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Thousands will rally to protect health care from Ford’s massive cuts, privatization and restructuring plans
29 avr. 2019 13h12 HE | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, April 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In what is expected to be one of the largest rallies to date against the Ford government’s cuts. A massive rally will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, April 30,...