Dear Editors, Kingston’s new hospital, replacing St. Mary’s and the Mental Health Services, will be constrained by thirty year contractual arrangements with multinational corporations. Its financing, maintenance, operations and probably various redevelopment opportunities will all be for-profit. If the…
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Who is trying to intimidate Kingston?
Dear Mayor and City Councilors, Who is trying to intimidate Kingston? This is not a trivial question. On March 18 you received a letter from Mr. Glen Wood, Chair of the Board of Directors of Providence Care, suggesting that if…
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Patients Cut Ribbon to Open the ‘Keep Our Hospitals Public’ Campaign Office
Kingston –Today, current and former patients of St. Mary’s hospital cut the ribbon to officially open the ‘Keep Our Hospitals Public’ campaign office. The office will be the focal point of a four week community discussion on whether Kingston’s…
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Providence Care responds to Public Hospital Campaign Pressure
On March 12, under mounting pressure from the Keep Our Hospitals Public campaign, management of Providence Care told their staff that the new Providence Care hospital will be a public hospital: “This is a contractual arrangement not an ownership arrangement.”…
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The Whig – Province urged to bid on P3 hospital contract
By Peter Hendra, Kingston Whig-Standard Friday, October 26, 2012 7:04:21 EDT PM KINGSTON - The new hospital slated to be built in the city’s west end should eschew the current private funding model and instead be paid for by the Ontario…
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Cuts are creating a volatile situation at Kingston’s Providence Care
KINGSTON — Cuts to Providence Care Mental Health Services are impacting the safety of both staff and patients in their care. Staff who provide care to patients are marching outside their workplace on Friday, February 1 from 11 am to…
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