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Canada Health Act is “completely irrelevant”, says McGuinty advisor

TORONTO, Ont. – Recent comments by Don Drummond, the $1500-a-day Bay St. banker hired by the Ontario Liberals to cut public service funding, that the Canada Health Act is "completely irrelevant" should give the Premier pause about who he's entrusted to protect universal health care," says Michael Hurley the president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU).
While Drummond's latest musings on universal health care were made on CBC - The House a few days ago, Drummond has for years been a clear proponent of health care privatization, user fees and even imposing a tax on Ontario's sickest-generally, seniors and the poor. Last March, when the Liberals announced the commission to review public services that Drummond is heading, they were clear "the commission will not make recommendations that would increase taxes or lead to the privatization of health care or education."
But in a recent report to the C.D. Howe Institute, Drummond did just that, said Hurley. Drummond calls for "greater private sector involvement" in Ontario's health system through a "policy that encourages competition among providers."
"In other words," says Hurley, "let's expand corporate opportunities to profit from the public service of healthcare. And that's just the first chapter." In his appearance on The House, Drummond says: "at some point…you have to bring in some revenues…so there has
to be a second chapter."
If the Liberals follow Drummond's "re-design" for healthcare, the second chapter may well come in the form of user-fees, higher co-payments for drugs even for seniors receiving the Ontario Drug Benefit, and "sick taxes" charging patients at tax time for their usage
of health care.
These are all "reforms" that Drummond recommends in his C.D. Howe report, and in earlier reports for the Canadian Medical Association and TD Bank.
In 2004, the Ontario Liberals passed legislation called 'The Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act' reaffirming the commitment
of "the people of Ontario and their government," to the Canada Health Act. "It begs the question, are the McGuinty Liberals on the verge of breaking their promise to defend Medicare? Or are they going to distance themselves from Drummond's clear bias against universal health care?" Asks Hurley.
"As a private citizen, Mr. Drummond is entitled to his opinion that the Canada Health Act is irrelevant and that privatization is the solution to everything. That's what you get when you appoint a banker to develop public policy behind closed doors. However, he's
now on the government payroll. The Premier has legal responsibilities to guarantee universal and accessible healthcare to all Ontarians. If he follows Drummond's advice, the Premier will be in clear violation of those responsibilities and will cause irreparable harm to publicly delivered health care in Ontario," warned Hurley.

For more information:

Michael Hurley President, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE
(416) 884-0770
Stella Yeadon CUPE Communications
(416) 559-9300

November 4, 2011

Dear Premier McGuinty and Minister Matthews,

On behalf of the members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario and CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) please accept our congratulations on your re-election.
There are several important issues that our members are looking to us to pursue with your government. Specifically in the areas of Long Term Care, Hospitals and Home Care, we are very concerned about [a] compulsory contracting out of home care services, [b] the privatization of health care delivery, [c] the lack of minimum care standards in long term care homes, [d] cuts to hospital services, [e] infection control in health care facilities, and [f] fresh local food in our health care facilities. We look forward to the opportunity to sit down with you in the near future to discuss our concerns and share our recommendations for improvement.
However, there is one particular issue we need to raise today as a very pressing concern for CUPE/OCHU and especially for our more than our 25,000 members who are Personal Support Workers (PSW’s) and Healthcare Aids (HCA’s) in Ontario. That issue, of course, is the PSW Registry.
We have recently read Minister Matthews’ September 02, 2011 letter on this matter, addressed to the President of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU), and we both appreciate your outreach to us.
As we trust you are both aware, CUPE did not agree with the creation of a registry and we warned that it would detract attention and resources away from more pressing concerns in healthcare. (A copy of our August 2011 brief is attached) It is most unfortunate that despite our recommendations and expertise you have moved forward with the creation of the Registry.
The focus of our concern today is the Minister’s September 02, 2011 letter where it refers to the process to design and establish a PSW Registry as being “led by OCSA” the Ontario Community Support Association.
Let us be very direct. To make this an employer led process is highly inappropriate. Our concern is not due to some anti-employer animus. Rather it is inappropriate for the government to contract out public policy development to a third party -- in particular, a third party which has an interest in the outcome.
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The public policy process should avoid conflicts of interest and the appearance of a conflict of interest if it is to be credible. A process that is widely accepted as balanced and impartial is needed.
Given this flawed process it is perhaps not surprising that some unsettling choices have been made. OCSA has apparently set up a committee to manage this task with only two organizations out of twenty representing workers and only one of those actually having PSW’s as direct members. This shows a complete lack of respect for PSWs and will inevitably not reflect the needs of the very PSW’s it is supposed to represent.
How can it be only one of the five or more unions in Ontario that have PSW’s as members will be at the table in this important process? How can it be that Ontario’s largest trade union, CUPE, an organization with more PSW members (25,000) than any other organization, is not invited?
In order for this process to be meaningful and credible it must take into account a broad range of view points and voices.
We remind you that when the province of British Columbia set out to design a similar registry, that government engaged all the concerned health care unions in extensive consultations on the registry design.
We are calling on the government to immediately organize consultation sessions that will allow you to hear from community groups, workers and the public at large.
As well, extensive consultation with all unions representing PSW’s must be a part of this process.
Premier and Minister, CUPE and OCHU members who are PSW’s and Healthcare Aids (HCA’s) work in hospitals, homecare and long term care in virtually every riding and every community in our province. Our members work hard and they care deeply about the quality of services they provide each day and they have much to contribute in this process.
The unbalanced leadership and representation in the registry design process is offensive, unacceptable and must be corrected. We understand that the current process is moving forward very quickly. So we would request a response to our concerns before November 16.
Thank you very much for your serious and timely attention to this important matter. We look forward to your response and we are sure that if we work together we will find a constructive solution.
Yours Sincerely,
Fred Hahn President CUPE Ontario
Michael Hurley President
Ontario Council of Hospital Unions

Free-trade agreement between the European Union and Canada: CORPORATIONS MUST NOT MAKE THE LAW

October 2011
We, the undersigned unions and civil society organizations, ask our political leaders to stop immediately the current negotiations for a free-trade agreement between the European Union and Canada.
This agreement, called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), would encourage the privatization of the public sector, weaken and prevent social, health and environmental regulations, and protect even more investors' rights at the expense of democratic rights.
While the ninth negotiating session is now concluded in order to sign the CETA by early 2012, our organizations say NO to this agreement which has been negotiated for the sole benefit of transnational corporations, at the expense of people's rights and of the protection of the environment.
This agreement is being negotiated in the greatest secrecy, without hearing from civil society except for business leaders
Neither the European Union nor Canada has ever informed their populations of what is really at stake in these negotiations. Requests and offers from each party have never been discussed nor revealed to the public. These negotiations are thus clearly a total denial of democracy.
This agreement brings back to life the MAI (Multinational Agreement on Investment) and reinforces the Chapter 11 of NAFTA by broadening its reach
The EU-Canada agreement will incorporate an international mechanism of “investment protection” directly inspired by the highly controversial Chapter 11 of the NAFTA (North American Free-trade Agreement) and the MAI (Multinational Agreement on Investment), secretly negotiated in 1998 at the OECD, and rejected thanks to public mobilization.
An investor-to-state dispute settlement process in CETA would allow foreign investors to directly sue governments or local authorities in Europe, and federal, provincial or municipal governments in Canada, if regulations were to threaten their anticipated profits. Thus through international private courts, a corporation could challenge and abrogate regulations democratically voted and implemented by elected governments.
Such a mechanism seriously threatens the power of elected authorities to regulate and our democratic rights, enabling transnational corporations to sue states if they consider some of their laws as a threat whereas they have in fact been enacted to protect the public interest. It could also discourage states from taking such measures in the first place, knowing they could be sued through this dispute resolution mechanism.
This agreement will open public markets in Canada at every level of the government
EU negotiators are demanding a near total opening of public markets in Canada. They have asked for a greater opening which will force numerous local authorities at the federal, provincial and municipal levels to open government procurement contracts above a given financial level to bids from European transnational corporations. Some very strict rules will prevent the use of public
markets – that is to say taxpayers' money – as a local development tool favoring local businesses, jobs and products, or the adoption of high environmental and social standards.
This opening, which again favors more private involvement and privatization of services, is all the more unacceptable in that it has been negotiated in a context of a loss of expertise and democratic ethics regarding public markets, which is currently at the heart of a great crisis in Quebec.
This agreement encourages public services liberalization through the “negative list” approach
Under the negative list approach adopted in the CETA negotiations, states, provinces and territories are asked to include only these sectors they wish to exclude from liberalization commitments. Under these conditions, any sector not specifically excluded is therefore recognized as a candidate for privatization. Through this process of negotiations using the “negative list,” any sector which is not mentioned on the list is therefore covered by the agreement, including those which could have been forgotten or even those which did not exist at the time of the agreement. In other words, the EU and Canada are opening the way to a totally uncontrolled liberalization and privatization of services.
Furthermore, neither the EU nor Canada plans to make this list of service sectors public. This is a totally unacceptable lack of transparency.
This agreement would greatly harm the regulatory powers of state, provincial, municipal and local authorities
The agreement could lead governments to self-censorship in terms of regulations in the social or environmental areas. This is because of the privileges granted to investors who could sue governments through international courts if they thought such regulations were an obstacle to trade or an obligation to get results, or if they could be considered as an expropriation. Moreover, in the case of the privatization of a public service (for example water management) it would be almost impossible for local governments to roll back liberalization policies and to re-municipalize such services for the well-being of the population.
This agreement seeks to weaken social, environmental and health regulations
The Canadian government considers that European standards are too complex and that the precautionary principle is a protectionist measure. Environmental and health regulations implemented by the European Union are thus in the firing line in the CETA negotiations.
Under pressure from transnational oil extraction companies, Canadian negotiators have taken a particularly aggressive line on the tar sands issue, one of the most polluting oil extraction processes known and a heavy contributor to global warming. They want the EU to lift the current obstacles keeping oil derived from Canadian tar sands out of Europe and are strongly lobbying against the European Fuel Quality Directive (FQD), thereby paralyzing any effort against climate change. With the CETA, oil companies could exploit tar sands in Canada as much as they want and sell those highly polluting fuels without any restrictions!
The same logic applies to regulations concerning use of hormones in livestock production and the REACH directive (strict regulation of chemical products) that Canada is explicitly trying to weaken.
Generally speaking, from now on any environmental, health or social measure will be threatened by a possible lawsuit filed by a corporation previously established in the country. This is all the more
pernicious since this agreement clearly aims at placing in competition social, environmental and health rules in Canada and in European countries. The predictable result is to force standards downwards with no possible turning back. European workers' rights that are more protective than those of Canada, which has refused to sign numerous ILO conventions, will be the first to suffer. On the other hand, European transnational corporations will be free to make a grab for the numerous still public services in Canada.
This agreement would reinforce intellectual property rights (IPR) at the expense of food sovereignty and the right to health
The European Union is asking the Canadian government to comply with European intellectual property norms which allow for a longer period of patent protection on drugs, food and other products. This would strengthen the intellectual property rights on seeds. Farmers could be prevented from storing, reusing and selling their seeds, and be placed more than ever under the dependency of agribusiness and biotechnology corporations.
This extension of intellectual property rights will also have far-reaching consequences on the right to health since such a provision will delay the marketing of generic drugs and would therefore make the cost of medicines far higher. This price increase will go hand in hand with the opening up of public markets in the health sector to European investors who are much more interested in their own financial health than in that of Canadian citizens. Moreover, measures negotiated through the NAFTA to protect the Canadian health system will be greatly weakened.
This agreement will jeopardize cultural diversity
For the moment, the cultural sector has not been specifically excluded and is thus fully covered by the agreement, despite the fact that both the EU and Canada have been strong supporters of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Cultural Diversity, which aims at protecting the “cultural exception”. This is unacceptable and there is a serious threat that cultural diversity will not long resist an overall movement to commercialize all cultural expression and succumb to the domination of powerful cultural industries.
Conclusion
This agreement is democratically and socially regressive. It gives more tools to corporations to permanently blackmail states and local governments in Europe as well as federal, provincial and municipal governments in Canada, threatening them with the possibility of taking legal action to condemn them if they ever think of regulating commercial activities coveted by these companies. This agreement will have tremendous consequences on the environment, making it easier for the productivist and extractivist system to perpetuate itself even though everyone knows it is a failure and a threat to humankind's future.
This agreement aims at establishing a free trade zone between the European Union and Canada which will force down environmental and health regulations and other social standards.
In view of these threats we, the undersigned unions and civil society organizations, declare:
• that what has already been refused collectively in the past cannot be agreed upon today;
• that trade agreements must promote cooperation and recognize common well-being, public interest, and human and environmental rights as more important than short-
term private interests which benefit only transnational corporations; • that democracy must not be compromised by such a trade agreement and that social and environmental regulations must be implemented by public, transparent and
democratic decisions.
We therefore ask Canadian federal and provincial representatives as well as representatives from the European Parliament and from the different national parliaments to refuse to ratify the CETA, and to act in total transparency regarding this agreement which is selling off our social rights, threatening environmental regulations and, more generally speaking, democracy itself.
Signatories:
Europe:
Amis de la Terre - France Association Internationale des Techniciens, Experts et Chercheurs (Aitec-IPAM) - France Attac-France Attac-Spain Balkan Agency for Sustainable Development (BASD) - Bulgaria Collectif citoyen Ile-de-France « Non aux gaz et pétrole de schiste » - France Comité pour l'Annulation de la Dette du Tiers Monde (CADTM) - France Confédération paysanne - France Convergence des Collectifs de Défense et de Développement des Services Publics - France Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) - Europe Ecologistas en Acción - Spain Fédération Syndicale Unitaire (FSU) - France Fondation France Libertés - France France Amérique Latine (FAL) - France PowerShift - Germany Seattle to Brussels network (s2bnetwork) - Europe Résistance sociale - France Transnational Institute (TNI) – Netherlands Union Syndicale Solidaires - France War on Want – UK
Canada :
ACEF du Haut Saint-Laurent Alberta Federation of Labour Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux (APTS) AmiEs de la terre de l'Estrie AmiEs de la Terre de Québec (ATQ) Association canadienne des avocats du mouvement syndical Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI) Attac-Québec Canadian Auto Workers Canadian Environmental Law Association Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) Canadian Health Coalition Canadian Labour Congress Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Canadian Union of Public Employees Centre des femmes d'ici et d'ailleurs Centre des femmes italiennes de Montréal Centre de femmes l'ÉRIGE
Carrefour de participation, ressourcement et formation Centrale des Syndicats démocratiques (CSD) Centre justice et foi / Revue Relations Centre St-Pierre
Citizens in Action Montreal Collectif d'action populaire Richelieu-Yamaska Collectif pour un Québec sans pauvreté Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Conseil central du Montréal métropolitain (CCMM-CSN) Coopérative de solidarité Les Éditions Vie Économique (EVE) Council of Canadians Eau Secours ! Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ) Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec (FECQ) Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec (FEUQ) Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ) Femmes en Mouvement, le Centre de femmes de la MRC de Bonaventure en Gaspésie Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) Illusion-Emploi de l'Estrie Indigenous Environmental Network Ligue des droits et libertés L'R des centres de femmes du Québec Mouvement d’éducation populaire et d’action communautaire du Québec (MÉPACQ) Maison des femmes des Bois-Francs Manitoba Federation of Labour National Union of Public and General Employees New Brunswick Federation of Labour Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Ontario Council of Hospital Unions Ontario Health Coalition Polaris Institute Presse-toi à gauche Public Service Alliance of Canada Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario Réseau québécois des groupes écologistes (RQGE) Réseau québécois sur l’intégration continentale (RQIC) Saskatchewan Federation of Labour Sierra Club Canada Sierra Youth Coalition Solidarité populaire Estrie Solidarité populaire Richelieu-Yamaska Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique – Québec / SCFP-Québec Syndicat canadien des communications, de l’énergie et du papier / Québec (SCEP-Québec) Syndicat de professionnelles et professionnels du gouvernement du Québec (SPGQ) Table régionale des centres de femmes de Montréal métropolitain-Laval (TRCFMML) Table ronde des organismes volontaires␣d'éducation populaire de l'Estrie (TROVEPE) Toronto Climate Campaign Toronto & York Region Labour Council Trade Justice Network Union des consommateurs Union paysanne United Steelworkers

Ailing European Bank Dexia Involved in Financing Windsor/Essex Parkway and P3 Hospital Deals in Toronto and Halton

October 11, 2011

Toronto, Ont.- Dexia, a Belgian bank hit by funding worries and exposure to Eurozone loans is involved in underwriting long-term financing for the Windsor/Essex Parkway and 3 Ontario P3 hospitals. The Belgian and French governments took steps to dismantle and nationalize parts of the bank this weekend.

Dexia’s credit rating was downgraded Friday by Standard & Poor’s to “A-/A-2” because of challenges accessing funding and the need for more collateral.

“Dexia’s downgraded credit rating will mean higher borrowing costs for these projects. The Ontario government must clarify what the fate of Dexia will mean to the Windsor/Essex Parkway project and to the provincial treasury “ said Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE. “ Many of the banks involved in Ontario’s P3 projects are European and some may fail as the Eurozone’s economic crisis worsens. We believe that Ontario will be left to guarantee all financing costs in a scheme where the government committed that all risk would in fact be transferred to the private sector.”

In the United Kingdom the Treasury Select Committee of the House of Commons has released a report that found that P3 projects are “ an extremely inefficient “ way of financing public infrastructure. The Committee found that the cost of borrowing for a typical P3 project was double the cost of the government financing the project itself.

“ The Liberal government has many P3 projects underway. It’s time to end this method of infrastructure renewal. We can’t afford it and neither can our grandchildren, who will be saddled with these additional costs, “ Hurley said.

For further information:

Michael Hurley, President, OCHU 416-884-0770

Overcrowded hospitals, cutbacks to cleaning linked to infection outbreaks

October 11, 2011
– Although medical experts are blaming hospital overcrowding (resulting from cuts to patient beds) for infection outbreaks – particularly outbreaks of antibiotic- resistant superbugs – the Ontario government plans to cut another 5,000 acute care beds province-wide. Currently, hospital bed occupancy is at record levels, over 97 per cent.

Studies show that healthcare-associated infections kill between 8,000 and 12,000 Canadians a year – 40 per cent of these deaths are in Ontario.

“Many of these deaths are preventable. Ontario should follow the lead of countries where hospital acquired infections have been significantly reduced by pro-active measures,” says Sharon Richer, the Vice-President of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

A mobile hospital room display will be set up for a media conference on Tuesday, October 11 at 11:00 a.m. Archdekin Recreation Centre, 292 Conestoga Drive, Brampton ON. Using the mobile exhibit hospital workers will demonstrate the effective and thorough cleaning practices required to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

A mobile hospital room display will be set up for a media conference on Wednesday, October 12 at 11:00 a.m. at the Elmbank Community Centre, 10 Rampart Rd, Etobicoke ON. Using the mobile exhibit hospital workers will demonstrate the effective and thorough cleaning practices required to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

A mobile hospital room display will be set up for a media conference on Thursday, October 13 at 11:00 a.m. at the Wingham Knights of Columbus Centre
99 Kerr Dr, Wingham ON. Using the mobile exhibit hospital workers will demonstrate the effective and thorough cleaning practices required to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

A mobile hospital room display will be set up for a media conference on Thursday, October 14 at 11:00 a.m. at Main City Hall Meeting Room C, 1 Carden Street, Guelph ON.Using the mobile exhibit hospital workers will demonstrate the effective and thorough cleaning practices required to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

OCHU/CUPE’s mobile hospital room tour will be visiting 15 communities across central and southern Ontario beginning October 11. OCHU/CUPE represents 35,000 hospital workers province-wide.

For more information, please contact:
Sharon Richer
Vice-President, OCHU/CUPE (705) 698-6668

Stella Yeadon
CUPE Communications (416) 559-9300

Campaign to advocate for elderly patients pushed out of hospital while acutely ill or denied acute care services they desperately need

10:00 p.m. July 25, 2011

Representatives of the Ontario Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists and the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE will kick off a provincial campaign in Guelph, Hamilton and St. Catharine’s on July 25. The campaign will advocate for elderly patients who are pushed out of hospital while they are acutely ill or who are denied acute care services they need. Patients are being denied access to services like speech language pathology (for assistance with swallowing and speech) following a stroke because they are discharged earlier than they should be, without treatment and the appropriate follow-up.

“ Patients who have had strokes face long waits for access to professional care, to assist them with swallowing and speaking following the closure of many hospital speech language pathology programmes,” says Mary Cook, Executive Director of the Ontario Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists. “ These delays are cruel and unnecessary in a province with our resources,” she says.

Ontario has the fewest number of acute hospital beds of any developed economy in the world. Botswana, Panama and Albania have more hospital beds to population than Ontario, which ranks alongside Peru, Cape Verde and Cameroon. Ontario’s hospital occupancy rate of 97.9% results in many patients, primarily elderly, being discharged prematurely some to unregulated retirement homes, sometimes with deadly consequences.

“ Many family members have experienced enormous pressure to move their mothers or fathers out of hospital, while that parent is still acutely ill,” says Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE. “ We believe that elderly patients are being discriminated against in our hospital system to deal with bed shortages. We don’t believe that it is right and we want to bring all of the families and patients with this shared experience together to do something about the problem,” he says.

A hotline has been established for patients or their family members to call to report their experiences. The hotline number is 888-599-0770.

For more information:

Mary Cook, Executive Director,
Ontario Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists 416-920-3676

Michael Hurley, President ,
Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE 416-884-0770

12 C. difficile Cases at Kingston General Hospital Highlight Ongoing Systemic Problems

Media Release: 9:00 p.m. August 16, 2011
The province of Ontario must require hospitals to report to the public all cases of hospital- acquired
infections when they arise, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions asserts. “In the outbreaks in the Niagara Health System and at the Kingston General Hospital there were multiple cases of Clostridium difficile confirmed before the public was notified. The current standard for declaring an outbreak in Ontario is too high and the delays in declaring an outbreak mean that people cannot weigh the risk to themselves or a family member”, says OCHU president Michael Hurley.
“ Ontario needs an aggressive approach to hospital acquired infections, which will kill between 3,200 and 5,000 patients in Ontario hospitals in 2011. Jurisdictions like the Netherlands and Scotland are much more proactive. In those countries hospital bed occupancy rates have been pushed down; reporting requirements are much more stringent; more hospital cleaners have been hired and the contracting-out of hospital cleaning has been banned” Hurley says.
“ In Ontario our major focus has been on hand-washing. But there are studies that show that the alcohol gels in Ontario hospitals may not be effective at killing C. difficile in particular. Hand washing with soap and water is also necessary. In Niagara some clinical care areas did not have sinks”, says Hurley.
Between 1991 and 2003, a period when 15,000 hospital bed were cut in Ontario, the rate of patients contracting Clostridium difficile increased almost five-fold. Ontario has the fewest number of acute hospital beds to population of any developed economy in the world. Ontario’s hospital occupancy rate of 97.9% results in overcrowding, which was cited in the review of the outbreak in Burlington, at Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, as a key culprit in the deaths of over 90 patients in that facility. “ Ontario’s bed occupancy rate needs to come down for us to deal effectively with hospital-acquired infections “ says Hurley.
The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions has waged a seven year campaign on hospital acquired infections and is sponsoring an international conference on Medical Errors and Hospital Acquired Infections in June, 2012.

For more information:
Michael Hurley, President , Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE 416-884-0770