Wednesday April 22nd, 7:00pm @ St Andrews United Church, 712 Wellingotn St.E
Sault Area Hospital is facing a significant deficit, and major hospital cuts including the closure of Matthews Memorial Hospital on St. Joseph Island
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
June 18th Meeting Sheds Light on Brampton Disaster
Ed Shmeler of the Brampton Health Coalition Made a speech about the ongoing problems with the Brampton P3 Hospital deal.
The information he shared provides insight into the future of the Sault Ste Marie P3 Hospital deal if we continue down that route.
More detailed information can be found at SooToday.com and Soonews.ca
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Campaign Kick Off Meeting a Huge Success!
Last night's campaign kick off was a huge success, drawing attention from concerned citizens and news stations alike. Speeches were made by Dave Harasymiw, Natalie Mehr and Fogel Delavedova.
We will be holding another meeting featuring guest speaker Ed Shmeler of the Brampton Health Coalition
on Monday June 18th, 2007
at the Super 8 Motel Conference room, 184 Great Northern Rd
at 5:30 PM
All members of the public and members of the press are invited
For more information contact our office: 253-6441 ext. 165 or by email: ssmhealthcoalition@gmail.com
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Pledge Locations! Click Here for Complete List
Make your voice be heard today at any one of these locations. Your vote will make a difference! June 23rd will be the last day to go and vote.
West
- Trading Post, Great Northern Rd.
- Root River Golf Course, Hwy 17 N
- IDA, Market Mall
- Tony's Cakery, 177 Gore St
- Ball Florist, 346 North
- Paquette Confectionary, 383 Korah Rd.
- Melli's Mini Mart, 245 Goulais Ave.
- Uncle Gino's, 2nd Line West
- Van Dale Nursing Home, 39 Van Dael Street
- M&M Meats, 2nd Line West
- RJ's Market, 238 Wellington St West
- Hard Wok Cafe, 303 Cathcart street
Central / North
- Tiny Bubbles Gift Shop, 246 Queen st
- Royal Canadian Legion, 96 Great Northern Rd
- Steamy Bean Coffee, 257 Great Northern Rd
- Fratelli's Kitchen, 522 Great Northern Rd
- Canadian Bushplane, Bay + Pim
- Undercover Bureau, 491 Queen St
- Joe's Sports and Surplus, 40 Queen St E
- Canadian Tire, 200 McNabb St
- Western Tire, 165 Queen Street
- Cases Music, 173 Spring Street
- Senior Citizens Building, Bay Street
- Propane Depot, Great Northern Rd
- Algonquin Hotel, 864 Queen St E
- John Street Mini Mart, John Street
- Windsor Park, Queen Street
- Tazzi's Cafe, Queen Street
- Blacks, Station Mall
- Great Northern Retirement Home, Great Northern Rd
- Kiddy Kobbler, Station Mall
- Pita Pit, 536 Queen St E
- Dan's Custom Repair, 860 Queen St
- Dock's Riverfront Grill, 89 Foster Dr
- Velorution, Old Goulais bay rd
- Extendicare Tendercare
- Kelly's Grocery, Station Mall
- Shampoo Ally, 173 Spring Street
- Krazy Ernie's,256 McNabb Street
- Achieve Fitness, 219 Great Northern Rd
- Uppercase Bookstore, 508 Queen Street E.
- Goulais River Country Store, Hwy 17 N
- Timberland, Hwy 17 N
- Tony Martin's Office, 369 Queen street suite 100
East
- Highway Variety, 883 Trunk Rd
- Mio's Furniture Fashions, 261 Trunk
- Ubriaco's, 357 Trunk Rd.
- Sweet Greetings, 149 Trunk Rd.
- East Side Confectionary, 67 Eastern Ave
- Pathways
- Hearth Pool and Patio, Mcnabb
- Jonesy, Wellington Square Mall
- Twist N Shout, 667 MacDonald Ave.
- M&M Meats, 357 Trunk Rd.
- The Rad Zone, 625 Trunk (Wellington Square)
- Mr Sub, 255 Trunk Rd
- Sandro's Restaurant, 265 Trunk Rd
- Northern Jewlery and Craft, 357 Northern Ave
- Pino's Get Fresh, 197 Trunk Rd
- Dinelle's (Echo Bay), 21 Hwy 17 West
This list will be updated daily and we have over 60 different locations in the Sault and surrounding area.
Join the community campaign to stop the for-profit privatization of the Sault Area Hospitals
- Call, fax or email David Orazietti, MPP, (ph: 705-949-6959, fax: 705-946-6269 email: dorazietti.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org) and tell him to stop the privatization of our local hospital, and bring us in line with the rest of the province.
- Call, fax or email the Premier: Dalton McGuinty - (ph: 416-325-1941, fax: 416-325-3745 email: dmcguinty.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org)
- Copy this leaflet and pass it on - leave copies in the local store, library, seniors' centre, doctors' office, or anywhere else people might pick them up.
- Call us if you can give a few hours help in the campaign.
- Get in touch with your Ward's member of council (contact information here: http://www.city.sault-ste-marie.on.ca/Open_Page.aspx?ID=174&deptid=1).
Sault Ste. Marie Health Coalition
E-Mail: ssmhealthcoalition@gmail.com
Phone: 254-6441 ext. 165
The Sault Deserves A Better Deal
The future of the Sault's hospital is a major issue in the upcoming provincial election on October 10th.
The McGuinty government recently revealed its plans to build our new hospital as a privatized for-profit scheme called a Private-Public-Partnership (P3) with among the worst levels of privatization of all the planned hospitals in Ontario. The evidence shows that privatized hospitals cost more, taking money from patients for banks and profits.
Don't Let Them Turn Our Care into Their Business
Until now, Ontario's hospitals were run for the public good by our local hospital boards. In Sault Area Hospitals' proposed for-profit redevelopment, a forprofit group of companies will build the new hospital. Then the hospital building, its maintenance, technology and other services will be privatized for 30 years. The privatized services will be run for profit for the duration of the deal.
It's like Highway 407
Highway 407 is one of these so-called "Private Public Partnership" (P3) schemes. The private sector runs the highway for its own profit. Tolls have gone up by over 350% since 1997 for off-peak hours, and up 50% in peak hours. Even though it took the private companies to court, the government hasn't been able to control the behaviour of the companies.
The McGuinty government recently revealed its plans to build our new hospital as a privatized for-profit scheme called a Private-Public-Partnership (P3) with among the worst levels of privatization of all the planned hospitals in Ontario. The evidence shows that privatized hospitals cost more, taking money from patients for banks and profits.
Don't Let Them Turn Our Care into Their Business
Until now, Ontario's hospitals were run for the public good by our local hospital boards. In Sault Area Hospitals' proposed for-profit redevelopment, a forprofit group of companies will build the new hospital. Then the hospital building, its maintenance, technology and other services will be privatized for 30 years. The privatized services will be run for profit for the duration of the deal.
It's like Highway 407
Highway 407 is one of these so-called "Private Public Partnership" (P3) schemes. The private sector runs the highway for its own profit. Tolls have gone up by over 350% since 1997 for off-peak hours, and up 50% in peak hours. Even though it took the private companies to court, the government hasn't been able to control the behaviour of the companies.
Profit-Taking Means Higher Costs and Less Patient Care
P3s cut patient care budgets to shift funds to the higher costs and profit taking of the corporations. In Britain, where the world's biggest experiment with privatized P3 hospitals has taken place, the exorbitant costs have forced cuts to the clinical budgets of hospitals. Doctors have been cut 11%, nurses cut 14% and support staff cut 38%.
In a privatized P3, every level of privatization means more costs. Extra costs for lawyers, consultants and middle-men. All of those funds could and should be used for health care.
Massive Cost Increase
The Ontario Liberals have signed only three P3 hospital deals to date. In each one, cost increases are dramatic.
In Brampton, the privatized P3 hospital costs increased from $350 million at the beginning of the negotiations with the for-profit companies to $550 million by the time the deal was signed. The number of beds has been reduced from 608 to 479. The bottom line? For almost twice the cost, Brampton has only 3/4 of the beds.
In Ottawa, the privatized P3 hospital costs increased from $100 to more than $140 million.
In North Bay, the privatized P3 hospital costs have jumped from $220 million to $550 million.
As Patients, families, nurses, doctors and careworkers we have an interest in ensuring that all Ontario hospitals should be devoted to care first and foremost... not to profit-taking.
There are over 80 hospital renovation projects underway across Ontario. All are public.
There are about a dozen hospital building projects underway across Ontario. Only three have long term privatization of hospital lands and services. The Sault's new hospital is one of the three planned for long-term privatization.
Already costs for the new Sault Area Hospitals are going up. Though they admit to cost increases, hospital and government officials are keeping the new projected costs for our hospital secret.
For detailed information on the privatized P3 hospital issue go to www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca or contact (416) 441-2502. For local information contact the Sault Ste. Marie Health Coalition at ssmhealthcoalition@gmail.com
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