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Ghost Gurney

7 months

New Map: ERs Closed in Ontario 2024(use desktop for a better view) This will be updated regularly. Since we started these maps in July/23, we’ve updated them 66 times. We all matter or none of us do.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

‘What was made clear by government officials was Ford did not use his government-issued cellphone to make a single phone call during that one-week period in November’ All on his personal cell and they won’t reveal the records… cool,cool,cool

‘No transparency’: Premier Doug Ford faces questions over use of personal phone | Globalnews.ca

Doug Ford made accessibility part of his brand, handing his personal number to voters and CEOs. Now, questions are being raised about him using the device for government work.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

‘Shoppers Drug Mart was chosen through a competitive procurement process’ says @OntarioHealthOH Ooo-eee, anybody out there believe that whopper?!

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@KyroMaseh

9 months

My interview with @ctvnewschannel today. No satisfactory responses received from gov.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

6 months

One of the very first people ⁦ @fordnation ⁩ took a private meeting with after taking office in 2018 was Galen Weston. This was kept quiet for a very long time. Just popping by with well wishes I am sure ….

Loblaws connection to Doug Ford's family company has people asking questions

Loblaw Companies Ltd.'s markdown practices have been a hot topic of conversation this month after the grocery conglomerate decided to stop offering...

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

What’s wrong @fordnation ? Are you realizing conservatives won’t support you if their ERs close?

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

6 months

The doctor: ‘I’m so sorry. I started my shift at 4 a.m. and there’s around 58, 60 patients here and I’m all alone,” The MoH: ‘Ontario is leading the country with some of the shortest wait times in Canada’ #DuctTapeForHealthcare #DuctTapeCampaign #ONpoli

Toronto parents 'extremely frustrated' by 11-hour ER wait at SickKids for infant son’s allergic...

Vanessa and Janicije Karic's son had a bad allergic reaction to eggs. But, while they rushed their six-month-old son to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, they didn't see a doctor until about 11...

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

8 months

It just got personal @SylviaJonesMPP My 87yo mother,excruciating sciatica,can’t move,waited 5.5 hours for an ambulance in Etobicoke.10 hours to be seen by a dr Calling @KingaSurmaMPP today Call your MPP too- I can’t understand why they aren’t worried for their loved ones too

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

“Hey hey, ho ho, privatization’s got to go” @ontarionurses at the @OFLabour Enough Is Enough day of action. Let’s get loud! #EnoughIsEnoughON

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

8 months

“Last week we were informed that my grandmother had to leave the hospital or she was going to be charged $400 a day.” Speakers’ Corner with Miranda Newman. This is the cruelty of @fordnation ’s Ontario - #RepealBill7

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

He lied about the greenbelt. Now we need to ask which donors/companies stand to benefit from healthcare privatization? And what are their connections to Ford? #dougford

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

2 years

Speakers’ Corner - “It is absolutely imperative that we stand up for publicly funded healthcare.” Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth ( @nilikm ), Family Physician from Ottawa. #SaveHealthcare #onpoli #Ontario #ford #dougford #GhostGurney

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

10 months

FFS- ERs are closing at an unprecedented rate, kids surgeries are frighteningly bottlenecked, millions have no family doctor and @SylviaJonesMPP is talking about CANKERSORES!! This is too much, I’m going back to 🛌 @raghu_venugopal @OntarioHealthC

Ontario expands pharmacists’ prescription powers

Ontario residents can now access treatment and medication for six more common ailments at pharmacies across the province.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

2 years

Speakers’ Corner - “I’ve never seen our emergency departments or paediatric units in the condition they’re in right now.” Dr. Steve Flindall ( @finall_steve ), Emergency Physician in York Region. #SaveHealthcare #onpoli #Ontario #ford #dougford #GhostGurney

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

‘ministry…appoint Shoppers Drug Mart as the sole distributors of publicly funded vaccines’ The sadness of these posts from a such a dedicated individual 💔 @ColinDMello @KenyonWallace @LindaMcQuaig @CBCQueensPark What was @fordnation ‘s ‘process’ in awarding this contract ?

Kyro Maseh

@KyroMaseh

9 months

🏥After administering thousands of vaccines over the past few years, we've made the tough decision to conclude our vaccine season, & possibly for all future seasons for publicly funded vaccines.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

“We’re here to show our support to stop the closure of our ER in Minden. Laurie Scott - step up & help us out. We all voted for you. Haven’t seen you. You didn’t even welcome us when we came here today.” Dennis Pennie Stop the closure! @fordnation , @SylviaJonesMPP @LaurieScottPC

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

We’re joining @OntarioHealthC Wednesday May 31 at 10 a.m, Queens Park as the province-wide referendum to #SaveHealthcare results are announced & the ballots delivered to @fordnation Come see if he has the same face on:

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

⁦ @fordnation ⁩ take a 👀 out your window. Nurses are putting it on the line every day, when are you going to show up for us ?! ⁦ @ontarionurses ⁩ #BetterCare #onpoli

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

⁦ @OntarioHealthC ⁩ votes were still pouring in during the presentation- Last call was over 400,000 votes against for-profit healthcare 🎉🎉 ⁦ @fordnation ⁩ ⁦ @SylviaJonesMPP ⁩ ignore this at your peril

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

10 months

“If we lose healthcare in this province, reducing poverty or eliminating poverty is impossible. If we lose healthcare in this province, we will never get rid of poverty.” Morris Beckford from the Neighbourhood Group at today’s @OntarioHealthC protest.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

7 months

3 closures in 1 day: #Walkerton #Durham #Chesley all within a 30km triangle I’m sorry #Ontario ‘s government is failing us all

Ashley Fox RPN

@AshleyFoxRPN

7 months

Walkerton hospital closed tonight- I was DMed "How horrible is it in ON that I have to Google before going to the ER with my kids?" Good question. @ghost_gurney #onpoli

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

Just called and also got passed to @OntarioHealthOH Asked for the details about #ShoppersDrugMart being given vaccine distribution rights. They said they will call back within 2 days. Will keep everyone posted

Alison

@Lib_Techie

9 months

Call Doug Fords office about this. Just called to ask a question about this and the person answering the phone responded with “WHAT?” and put me through to @OntarioHealthOH 416-325-1941

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

‘This government is spending boatloads of public money on its own priorities with no real explanation’

For Doug Ford, an audit of Ontario Place could be trouble

The Premier’s efforts to reshuffle the science museum and the waterfront park involve $1-billion in questionable expenditures

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

Additional last minute ER closure last night. 4 closures in 2 days in #Ontario Here’s your legacy @celliottability You should have lobbied for Ontarians

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

10 months

Great turn out at QP to protest for-profit healthcare - and they keep on coming !! #SaveHealthcare

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

‘In the course of her audit, Bonnie Lysyk also found “several examples” unrelated to the Greenbelt of political staffers appearing to give “preferential treatment” to lobbyists, potentially violating their code of ethics’

Influence the Ford government? Auditor’s report suggests developers dictate its policies, critics...

Critics say a report from Ontario’s auditor general shows the extent to which private interests, especially housing developers, have been able to not only influence Ford government policy but...

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

📣Dear followers: share this important info far and wide. 📣 It will be kept up-to-date. Use desktop view for easiest access to details

ERs Closed in Ontario 2023 - Google My Maps

This map shows all ERs in Ontario closed either temporarily or permanently from January1/23 to Dec31/23. Click on icon for details

www.google.com

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

6 months

Another last minute ER closure in #Durham last night. 73 unplanned closures since Jun24/23 Please listen to Barbara from Durham in this 🧵 We all matter or none of us do

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

10 months

Weston was one of the first to visit @fordnation when he was elected in 2018. This was not made public till much, much later. We believe he has been influencing policy ever since

William Mehlenbacher

@w_mehlenbacher

10 months

@ghost_gurney @SylviaJonesMPP @fordnation No doubt Galen lobbied the government, boycot Shoppers.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

Last summer, Ontario faced an unprecedented amount of ER closures, which @SylviaJonesMPP blamed on staff vacations. Now, the ER and hospital closures have worsened. Is this really the time for @fordnation them to take vacation?

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

‘ @fordnation gov’t gives for-profit clinic more funding to perform certain OHIP-covered surgeries than it gives ON’s public hospitals to perform the same operations’ Thank you @CBCQueensPark #RepealBill60

Mike Crawley

@CBCQueensPark

9 months

NEW: Here’s how much the Ford government pays a for-profit clinic to do OHIP-covered surgeries. #onpoli 👇to read full story👇

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

Time to re-up this one- take a 👀 and share We know @fordnation @SylviaJonesMPP @OntarioPCCaucus aren’t working for us

Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

He lied about the greenbelt. Now we need to ask which donors/companies stand to benefit from healthcare privatization? And what are their connections to Ford? #dougford

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

7 months

Map has been updated with the frightening news that #Durham ER has closed for the 7️⃣0️⃣th time in SEVEN months. Who out there is OK with this⁉️

Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

7 months

New Map: ERs Closed in Ontario 2024(use desktop for a better view) This will be updated regularly. Since we started these maps in July/23, we’ve updated them 66 times. We all matter or none of us do.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

6 months

Dr David Barber, Chair, General&Family Practice, @OntariosDoctors says this is ‘as useful as an umbrella in a hurricane’

Ford government expands primary care teams in effort to fix doctor shortage

Funding of $110 million is going to 78 new and expanded teams of doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, physiotherapists, nutritionist and other medical professionals across the province.

www.thestar.com

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

“Hospitals should be fundamentally be safe spaces where patients can access care and not worry about acquiring a Hospital-Acquired Infections.” Take action! Forward @safecareON ’s letter to your elected officials and let’s protect patients and healthcare.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

Show your support and RT #Ontario - do it now, you don’t know when you’ll need them @ontarionurses #SupportNurses #onpoli

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

6 months

Yet just down the road in #Seaforth their ER has just announced it must close today at 5pm until 7am tomorrow. What if they need cardiac care tonight @SylviaJonesMPP ?? #DuctTapeForHealthcare

Sylvia Jones

@SylviaJonesMPP

6 months

Our government is expanding access to cardiac care in #Kitchener . The new cardiac lab at St. Mary's General Hospital will allow even more patients in Kitchener to connect to cardiac care in their community, when they need it.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

2 years

“Privatization in healthcare is like poison in a well. A single drop contaminates all the water.” Dr. Adil Shamji ( @ShamjiAdil ) MPP Don Valley East, Ontario Liberal Party at the @OntarioHealthC rally in Toronto. #SaveHealthcare #RepealBill7 #RepealBill124 #onpoli #onhealth

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

7 months

If anyone is in doubt that @fordnation is deliberately undermining our #UniversalHealthcare AND our well-being, this article should dispossess you of that @mynamesnotgordy @nicktsergas @alandrummond2 @LauraBabcock @lizrenzetti @johncatucci @GailVazOxlade @RichardAPeddie

Elizabeth Payne

@egpayne

7 months

Most Ontario hospitals are facing deficits, some have reached their financial limit: Ontario Hospital Association via @ottawacitizen

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

Please take a minute to listen to a 14 yo’s letter to @fordnation about our healthcare system. He has naturally gone unanswered by Ford. Share far and wide. #SaveHealthcare #TikTok

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

Without the loyalty of 51 spineless @OntarioPCCaucus MPPs, @fordnation & @SylviaJonesMPP couldn’t continually undermine #Ontario healthcare.These Tory bootlickers in mind,Ghost Gurney announces the Clapping Seal of the Week Award goes to @rickbyersmpp !! #SaveHealthcare

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

📣’Doug Ford is a crook, take a closer look’📣 ⁦Perfection ⁦ @OFLabour Day of Action ⁩ ⁦ @ontarionurses ⁩ #EnoughisEnoughOn

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

“This is what democracy looks like!” @OFLabour at the #EnoughIsEnoughON day of action.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

With ERs in crisis, staffing agencies pillaging our HC budgets, children’s surgery backlogs dire - and not a word from @OntarioPCCaucus The media is doing a great job with the #GreenbeltScandal Can the same be done about HC pls?

ERs Closed in Ontario 2023 - Google My Maps

This map shows all ERs in Ontario closed either temporarily or permanently from January1/23 to Dec31/23. Click on icon for details

www.google.com

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

“Please vote in the citizen-led health care referendum. It literally takes 60 seconds.” Dr. Nancy Olivieri ( @DrNancyOlivieri ) Vote online today or in-person on May 26/27 in the @OntarioHealthC referendum. Visit for details! #PublicHospitalVote

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

7 months

In ‘23: 205 of the 231 ‘temporary’ ER closures in #Ontario have taken place in this minuscule area relative to the vast expanse of this province. Only @fordnation & @SylviaJonesMPP know why. And only they & @OntarioPCCaucus don’t care. We all matter or none of us do.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

10 months

“We have come today as nurses, as unions, as patients, as providers to say one simple message to the Premier of Ontario: It is time to put the health of the many above the wealth of a few.” Dr. Raghu Venugopal ( @raghu_venugopal ) at today’s @OntarioHealthC protest.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

ER also closed today in #Chesley Meaning there have been no ER services there since Friday afternoon There’s nothing left to say but #DougFordMustResign

Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

It’s being doled out in 1 week increments ?!?! We all matter or none of us do

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

7 months

Losing a parent is traumatic enough. This should NEVER happen in an ER hallway. PLS take 30 seconds and call. #Savehealthcare #Onpoli

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@ghost_gurney

1 year

The tables are starting to sag! The weight of the issue is huge! Take a 👀 @fordnation @sylviajones

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

6 months

While @SylviaJonesMPP has been swanning about the land this week, telling all her tales, #Chesley ER has closed for the 2️⃣nd time this week- it’s Wednesday . We all matter or none of us do. #SaveHealthcare #DuctTapeForHealthcare

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

10 months

“This government belongs to the people of Ontario. When, when did anyone vote to privatize healthcare? When were we given that choice? Never.” @NatalieMehra1 of the @OntarioHealthC

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

8 months

Given the recent ER closures in #Chesley , time to listen to the people affected. Share with everyone who needs to hear. We all matter or none of us do

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

8 months

Huron mayor says people growing angry over four year long ER closure | CTV News

People growing angry over four year long ER closure, Huron mayor says

Four years ago, the temporarily closed sign went up outside the Clinton Hospital’s emergency room.

london.ctvnews.ca

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

7 months

Given the not-so-subtle direction @fordnation is taking our public assets, would @l_stone & @globeandmail consider talking to @CdnDrs4Medicare about the pitfalls of these private clinics? Very well researched position

Laura Stone

@l_stone

7 months

Ontario moves ahead with expansion of private clinics to address surgical backlogs #onpoli

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

6 months

Credit to @drmwarner for today’s #HealthcareFastFact Note that ER doctors will ALWAYS treat patients, whether or not they are paid. #SaveHealthcare #DuctTapeForHealthcare

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@ghost_gurney

1 year

‘ @SylviaJonesMPP declined an interview request. Her office also declined to respond to e-mailed questions’ 🎶Sylvia's mother says Sylvia is busy, Too busy to come to the phone🎶 🎶Sylvia's mother says Sylvia is happy "So why don't you leave her alone?🎶

Ontario spending on private nursing agencies quadrupled since COVID-19, data show

The steep rise in the use of agency nurses in Ontario is more evidence of how the pandemic-era staffing crisis in health care is hobbling Canada’s medical system

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

1 year

“We’re hoping to get hundreds of thousands of votes out so we can send a very strong message to Doug Ford that our public healthcare system must stay public and not for profit.” Patricia Chartier with the @OntarioHealthC Vote! Visit for details.

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@ghost_gurney

7 months

#Almonte ER closes last minute yesterday, 3pm until 7am this morning. We all matter or none of us do

Almonte hospital emergency department closes Saturday to Sunday morning due to staff shortages

ottawacitizen.com

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

7 months

Nearly half of Ontario hospital workers 'dread going into work': poll | CityNews Toronto And now for @SylviaJonesMPP ⁩ ‘s response: 🦗🦗🦗

Poll suggests 40% of Ontario hospital workers considering quitting; union calls on province to...

The union representing thousands of Ontario health-care workers say the Ford government needs to do more to address a staffing crisis.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

9 months

‘Clearpoint is wholly owned by @KensingtonFunds Private Equity Fund, and it was created in 2019 through a $35 million purchase of private clinics’ It’s proven world wide, private equity adds no value to healthcare, it just takes it away. #SaveHealthcare

Mike Crawley

@CBCQueensPark

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NEW: Here’s how much the Ford government pays a for-profit clinic to do OHIP-covered surgeries. #onpoli 👇to read full story👇

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@ghost_gurney

1 year

WARNING from ⁦ @alandrummond2 ⁩ We can’t allow the state of our ERs to be inappropriately normalized. There’s no reason to be this way - don’t let ⁦ @fordnation ⁩ ⁦ @SylviaJonesMPP ⁩ off the 🪝 ⁦⁦ @jyduclos ⁩ ⁦this is paramount

ER closures concern small-town residents; a trip to the cottage with Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe;...

Emergency rooms across Canada are closing due to staff shortages, and those who work in small towns say they're worried about the months ahead. Guest host Robyn Bresnahan hears from an advocate and a...

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@ghost_gurney

10 months

We heard @SylviaJonesMPP had sent some interim financing to prevent more closures. We didn’t know the financing would last only a week We all matter or none of us do

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@ghost_gurney

1 year

Healthcare for people, not for profit! Standing in solidarity with @OntarioHealthC #EnoughIsEnoughON #onpoli #onhealth

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@ghost_gurney

10 months

Have @SylviaJonesMPP or @fordnation spoke of this even once?! Mentioned it in passing at a photo-op?! They say that healthcare in #Ontario has never been better… for who? Nursing agencies? Shoppers Drugmart? Herzig Eye Institute? 😡 #SaveHealthcare

MichaelHurleyCUPE

@HurleyOCHUCUPE

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These children are among 170,000 patients waiting beyond medically recommended guidelines for surgeries in Ontario. Funding hospitals by just .5% this year grows that list. Join the demo at noon today to demand real investment in public hospitals.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

10 months

Today we stood in solidarity with Nations calling on @fordnation to stop unwanted mining. Environmental health is human health! We spoke with Arnold Pahpasay, who describes the generational impacts of environmental destruction. #GrassyNarrows #LandAlliance

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@ghost_gurney

7 months

Jeffery should never have had ER trauma added to the trauma of a heart attack. PLS take 30 seconds and call. #SaveHealthcare #ONpoli

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@ghost_gurney

1 year

The map has been updated. #Durham will be closed from Friday @5pm to Monday @7am . #Walkerton will be closed Sunday @5pm to Monday @7am . We all matter or none of us do.

ERs Closed in Ontario 2023 - Google My Maps

This map shows all ERs in Ontario closed either temporarily or permanently from January1/23 to Dec31/23. Click on icon for details

www.google.com

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

10 months

Unless ⁦ @fordnation ⁩ & ⁦ @SylviaJonesMPP ⁩ do something substantive, like yesterday, we’re going to be in it deep. We all matter or none of us do

Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital ERs declare Code Orange due to patient volumes

The emergency departments at the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospitals are currently under a Code Orange and dealing with capacity pressures.

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7 months

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Avis Favaro

@Avis_Favaro

7 months

Data from Ontario Health from May show 20 "fully functional" ORs in Toronto area are only "partially utilized" Another 32 are "not utilized." 52 operating rooms that could be opened to help surgical patients if nurses and funding were available. So why open more private for

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@ghost_gurney

9 months

Last minute closure at #Durham ER last night. 59th closure there this year And 5 closures in SW rural #Ontario in 2 days. @GailVazOxlade

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

10 months

I know this is not how it works but I am NOT thankful for @sylviajones & @fordnation They are a blight on #Ontario We all matter or none of us do

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

2 years

@BogochIsaac What’s lost in the conversation about “individual public health” is that vulnerable people can’t protect themselves entirely with one-way masking with an airborne, highly contagious disease. Disease, disability and death are not inevitable. They are a policy choice.

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Ghost Gurney

@ghost_gurney

6 months

‘1 Niagara resident recounted a 14-hr wait for her mother with chest pains,during which time the St. Catharines ER appeared to shut down for about 4 hrs,while patients were taken from the ER on stretchers, presumably to other hosp’s’ ⁦ @ThoroldToday ⁩

Healthcare wait times worsen across Niagara

Shortage of beds and human resources plus an increase in patients with chronic conditions are all part of the problem, says Niagara Health

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@ghost_gurney

1 year

Ontario won’t stay quiet about @fordnation ’s destruction of our province. @SambaSquad at the @OFLabour Enough Is Enough day of action. #EnoughIsEnoughON

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@ghost_gurney

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@SylviaJonesMPP How completely insufficient and untrustworthy this government is. You have been in office for 6 years and nothing is better- it’s all colossally worse

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@ghost_gurney

6 months

You call this having their backs @PaulCalandra ? : 211 last minute ER closures in #RuralOntario in 2023. On pace to beat that in 2024. #Minden is permanently closed. #Chesley is open for bankers’ hours. #Clinton isn’t open overnight

Paul Calandra

@PaulCalandra

6 months

It was a pleasure to join my Cabinet colleagues for the Minister’s Forum at #ROMA2024 . Our government has proven that we will always have the backs of rural and northern municipalities when it comes to making sure they have the resources they need to support the growth they’re

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On June 1 Ford plans to permanently close the ER in Minden. Imagine having to drive 30 minutes to the closest ER! People will die and it’s all part of @fordnation , @SylviaJonesMPP and @LaurieScottPC ’s plan to profitize health care. #MindenMatters #SaveHealthcare

Minden Paper

@mindenpaper

1 year

Our community was given 6 weeks notice of our busiest ER closing, a @HHHSCares decision supported by @LaurieScottPC , @Jamie_Schmale , @SylviaJonesMPP and @fordnation We've advocated tirelessly while being anxious and terrified Today we ask again if #MindenMatters Well, do we?

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@ghost_gurney

10 months

Please spread the word to far and wide! Where is our CMOH? Where is @SylviaJonesMPP ? We need leadership to protect people’s health and lives - and reduce the impacts on our already stressed health-care system.

Tara Moriarty

@MoriartyLab

10 months

We just finished model updates for this week's COVID Forecast. By waste water or our model, daily infections in Canada are now as high/higher than prior Omicron peaks except Dec/21 wave. High risk people need shots ASAP, wear N95 masks, avoid non-essential indoor activities.

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@ghost_gurney

1 year

May we add- Healthcare: F More ER closures than last year, HC worker retention abysmal, surgical wait lists getting longer, Ontarians without a family physician in the millions… The corruption doesn’t end with the Greenbelt folks

Ahmar Khan

@AhmarSKhan

1 year

This protestor tells me that he’s been adding to this sign since Premier Doug Ford took office. Claims it isn’t new. Greenbelt report card grade added recently.

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@ghost_gurney

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It becomes clearer & clearer @FordNation ain’t in it for YOU #DuctTapeForHealthcare #DuctTapeRibbon #OnPoli

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@ghost_gurney

11 months

And due to @fordnation ‘s wage suppression legislation #Bill124 an obscene amount of our tax $$ have been handed over to staffing agencies instead of tending to our public system #SaveHealthcare

Dr.VivianS

@DrVivianS

11 months

Meanwhile this government is withholding BILLIONS from our public healthcare budget as per the FAO report. SHAMEFUL human beings running our province.

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After @fordnation &team sharing the ‘❤️’with #RuralOntario this wk PLUS all their lies about all they’re doing for HC, you’d think, just maybe, they’d have enough sense to start keeping #Durham ER open instead of letting it close for the 7️⃣1️⃣st time in 7️⃣ mos #DuctTapeRibbon

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@ghost_gurney

6 months

Correct me if I am wrong, but @sylviajones just needs to introduce an OHIP billing code for nurse practitioners (like doctors have), right? Seems easy so why not @fordnation ?

OntarioHealthCoal'n

@OntarioHealthC

6 months

I joined host @JohnTory this morning on @NEWSTALK1010 7am re. @fordnation letting Nurse Practitioner & other private clinics charge patients. Spoiler alert: NOT LEGAL, must be publicly funded! (I sound so hoarse! It's early & I've been sick.)

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1 year

#GurneyJourney Day 2 - #Kincardine ON: Kincardine Mayor Kenneth Craig: “Publicly funded healthcare is the ultimate expression of an inclusive society” #SaveHealthcare

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10 months

Rising tensions in rural Ontario as ER closures mount | CTV News

Extended and extensive ER closures cause tension in rural Ontario

Chesley, Ont.’s emergency room was supposed to reopen on Monday following a three week closure – it has now been extended until Oct. 2. Walkerton’s ER has been closed most of this weekend, while...

london.ctvnews.ca

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@ghost_gurney

11 months

#HealthCareCrimes are just waiting to happen - or maybe they have …. Be at Queens Park, Sep 25, noon @fordnation @sylviajones are going to hear from us loud and clear !!

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@ghost_gurney

10 months

1000s of people stood in solidarity to show @fordnation that we will defend universal, public health care. Thank you for hosting such an amazing event @OntarioHealthC !

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@ghost_gurney

1 year

#GurneyJourney Day 1 - Owen Sound, ON: 🧵1/3 Retired nurse Judy Downey tells the heartbreaking story of substandard care her mother received in a private #LTC facility in a small #Ontario town.

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@ghost_gurney

10 months

We’re 👂 rural ER’s are closing mainly bc of nurse shortages.That these hosps are using agencies but the pool isn’t deep enough. But we’ve also heard that the hosp budgets are tight&they can’t afford agencies. We’d like to know the answer- RT to tell @fordnation you would 2

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@ghost_gurney

1 year

Filling up here on Queen- everyone supports our nurses !! @ontarionurses

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@ghost_gurney

1 year

Like you supported them in the past? Remember the military report that revealed horrific conditions at our LTC homes? Also a report found 1,400 seniors who died from COVID would not have if Ont had a fully public LTC system…

Doug Ford

@fordnation

1 year

June is Seniors Month in Ontario. It’s a time to recognize the hard work seniors have done all their lives to make Ontario into the great place it is today. To our seniors across the province, thank you for all your contributions. We will always support you.

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8 months

‘I chose to work in Canada so I wouldn’t have to brainstorm with clients how to finance essential medical services. These conversations are abhorrent, emotionally depleting, and contradictory to the philosophy of my profession’

Ontario’s failure to provide health care to all is a moral failure as well

I chose to work in Canada so I wouldn’t have to brainstorm with clients how to finance essential medical services. These conversations are abhorrent.

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@ghost_gurney

1 year

#GurneyJourney Day 2 - #Kincardine ON: Kevin Larson, retired from Bruce Power, with a powerful warning for Canadians: we cannot go back “to the bad old days” before Medicare. #SaveHealthcare

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@ghost_gurney

7 months

Thank you to Dr Milne and so many other HCWs for doing all they can for us while others are doing the least they can do

Ken Milne MD

@TheSGEM

7 months

@ghost_gurney I'm working this weekend to keep a couple other rural ER from closing. We need to find a system solution so that people get care based upon need not their postal code. @SRPCanada @CAEP_Docs

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📣📣 We need to tell this government: STOP PILLAGING HEALTHCARE, THE GREENBELT, EDUCATION On SEPT25, we need you⤵️⤵️⤵️ 12 noon, Toronto, Queens Park 12 noon, Thunder Bay, Mini-Queen’s Park 11:30am, Dryden, MPP Greg Rickford’s office 12 noon, Algoma,Sault Area Hosp

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@ghost_gurney

9 months

This wasn’t on the website an hour ago- talk about on a knife’s edge. 39 closures in #Chesley this year. Not including the fact that they are only open 7am-5pm, Monday to Friday. Even bankers are available more these days. We all matter or none of us do.

Ken Milne MD

@TheSGEM

9 months

Chesley ER closed for next 96h. #PostalCodeMedicine

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@ghost_gurney

8 months

‘Data from Public Health Ontario shows that 574 people died of COVID between Sept. 3 and Dec. 9’

How deadly has COVID been in 2023? Here’s what the Ontario numbers are telling us

A comparison between recent COVID-19 deaths and annual fatalities from motor vehicle collisions underscores the virus, while much less fatal than previous pandemic years, is still exacting a toll.

www.thestar.com

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@ghost_gurney

6 months

We’ve got rolling ER closures in SW #Ontario this week First #StMarys now #Chesley where they are only open 7am-5pm, M-F anyway. Since July/23, #Chesley ER has been closed 8️⃣0️⃣% of the time. We all matter or none of us do. @MikeSchreiner @spaikin @CBCQueensPark

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@ghost_gurney

9 months

After a very short reprieve, here we go again. There’s extra money for a private hospital owned by ⁦ @KensingtonFunds ⁩ but not for our ERs…. We all matter or none of us do

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@ghost_gurney

1 year

Dr Venugopal works tirelessly in the ER then comes here every day to raise the alarms. So too @alandrummond2 @TheSGEM @petrosoniak Don’t listen to the vapid, deflecting & insincere messages coming from the @SylviaJonesMPP traveling medicine show. Listen to these doctors

Raghu Venugopal MD

@raghu_venugopal

1 year

It will take years to undo damage by the Ford government. Investor-driven healthcare in our hospitals is not the way to go. Not everything should be mercantile and transactional. Some things are best as a service to the public. @thompsonian_m

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