Ford infrastructure announcement for Scarborough Health Network leaves hospital facing cuts to staff and services in its underfunded operating budget – CUPE
AI Briefing
- • Ontario government announces construction of new emergency department at Centenary Hospital in Scarborough.
- • Hospital staff face cuts to services due to underfunded operating budget and chronic understaffing.
- • CUPE-represented workers face heightened staffing issues amid growing job cuts in the healthcare sector.
Source Summary
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Just a week after Scarborough Health Network (SHN) workers held a rally surrounding chronic understaffing and increasing violence against hospital workers, Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones announced Tuesday that the Ontario government would begin construction of a new emergency department at Centenary Hospital. 2,500 frontline workers at the SHN, represented by CUPE, are facing heightened staffing issues in the face of growing job cuts in the sector. They are curre
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