8 years of provincial budget cuts have left Hamilton hospitals overcrowded, without capacity to deal with patient surges

(Marketwired - Nov. 3, 2016) - Hamilton hospitals are having difficulty coping with a surge in patients, "a sadly predictable outcome of 8 years of provincial Liberal (real) budget cuts to our hospitals," says Dave Murphy, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 7800, which...

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Published inMarketwired
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LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto Intrado Digital Media Canada Inc 03.11.2016
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Murphy, Dave
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Summary:(Marketwired - Nov. 3, 2016) - Hamilton hospitals are having difficulty coping with a surge in patients, "a sadly predictable outcome of 8 years of provincial Liberal (real) budget cuts to our hospitals," says Dave Murphy, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 7800, which represents over 4,000 staff at Hamilton Health Science Centre. "In Ontario, we have the fewest hospital beds of any province in Canada, the fewest staff for those beds and absolutely no surge capacity."