OTTAWA – The Walkerton Report, according to media reports, clearly illustrated the consequences of overzealous, ideologically motivated cutbacks.
Perley Rideau Veterans Health Centre in Ottawa is also the victim of similar cutbacks that will endanger 450 patients, more than 250 of whom are Canadian veterans.
At a news conference tomorrow, Tuesday, January 22, at 11:00 a.m., CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) and Ottawa health care workers will clearly illustrate that cutbacks to the Perley Rideau Veterans Health Centre have already begun to hurt patient care.
- WHO:
- Health Care Workers, Perley Rideau Veterans Health Centre;
Michael Hurley, President, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU);
Doug Allan, CUPE Researcher (author of Chronic Care and Long Term Care Workload Survey); - WHAT:
- News Conference – provincial cutbacks endanger Perley Rideau Veterans Health Centre residents
- WHEN:
- Tuesday, January 22, 2002, at 11:00 a.m.
- WHERE:
- CUPE Ottawa Area Office, 20 James Street, 2nd Floor, Ottawa
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For further information, please contact:
Andy Mele, CUPE National Representative
(Ottawa Area)
(613) 237-0115
(613) 223-9299 cell
Dean Williams, CUPE Communications
(416) 292-3999