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August 25, 2022 17:18 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Ontario Health Coalition: Fact Checker: Ford Government’s Claims Re. Forcing Elderly Patients into Long-Term Care in Contravention of their Right to Consent

TORONTO, Aug. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following is a statement by the Ontario Health Coalition: Here are the facts about the Ford government’s new legislation, Bill 7 – More Beds, Better...
August 19, 2022 15:03 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Ontario Health Coalition: Doug Ford's new legislation being pushed through the Legislature gives new powers to force the elderly & persons with disabilities into substandard long-term care homes: "morally repugnant"

TORONTO, Aug. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advocates and experts spoke with one voice today decrying the new law that the Ford government introduced yesterday and intends to pass within just two...
August 19, 2022 08:00 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

REPEAT – Pushing Elderly Patients into Long-Term Care Homes Not of their Choice a Violation of Fundamental Rights

Attn: Assignment Editor MEDIA ADVISORYPress Conference Friday Morning TORONTO, Aug. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading advocates for elderly patients will respond to the Ford government's...
August 18, 2022 18:08 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Ontario Health Coalition response to Ford government’s plans to move seniors out of hospitals & privatize hospital diagnostics and surgeries to for-profit clinics and hospitals

TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ford government released what it called a five-point health care plan this morning in a press conference. In summary: On COVID-19 there was...
August 18, 2022 16:06 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Pushing Elderly Patients into Long-Term Care Homes Not of their Choice a Violation of Fundamental Rights

Attn: Assignment Editor MEDIA ADVISORYPress Conference Friday Morning TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading advocates for elderly patients will respond to the Ford government's...
August 15, 2022 10:09 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

UPDATE -- MEDIA ADVISORY POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY: Press Conference Monday Morning

TORONTO, Aug. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With sincere apologies, the Ontario Health Coalition has had to postpone their press conference due to technological issues. We will have the issue fixed...
August 15, 2022 07:00 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

REPEAT – Ford Government’s health privatization comments “outrageous, and foolhardy”, raising red-flags about backroom deal making

Attn: Assignment Editor MEDIA ADVISORY:Press Conference Monday Morning TORONTO, Aug. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition is at its highest level of alert as a result of the...
August 12, 2022 20:21 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Ford Government’s health privatization comments “outrageous, and foolhardy”, raising red-flags about backroom deal making

Attn: Assignment Editor MEDIA ADVISORY:Press Conference Monday Morning TORONTO, Aug. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition is at its highest level of alert as a result of the...
May 18, 2022 08:00 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

REPEAT – Facts vs. PR on Ontario’s Long-Term Care from residents’ families: Have care levels improved at all?

TORONTO, May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What: The promises have been profuse but how do they measure up to the care levels residents and families are finding right now in Ontario’s long term...
May 17, 2022 17:26 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Facts vs. PR on Ontario’s Long-Term Care from residents’ families: Have care levels improved at all?

TORONTO, May 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What: The promises have been profuse but how do they measure up to the care levels residents and families are finding right now in Ontario’s long term...