Ottawa Hospitals 'Underused' as Private Clinics Receive Millions: Report

Ottawa hospitals 'underused' as private clinics receive millions: report

An Ontario Health Coalition report says operating rooms and diagnostic equipment are being underused in city hospitals like Ottawa.

Ottawa hospitals 'underused' as private clinics receive millions: report - Ontario Health Coalition

(September 24, 2026) By: Sabrina Bedford, Ottawa Citizen An Ontario Health Coalition report says operating rooms and diagnostic equipment are being underused in city hospitals like Ottawa. Operating rooms and diagnostic equipment in Ottawa’s hospitals are being underused while the province sends millions of dollars to private clinics, a new report claims. Article content The […]

Ontario’s hospital privatization plan ‘not adding up’ as public funding on for-profit clinics balloons while wait-times increase: new CCPA Report | OCHU * CUPE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ontario’s hospital privatization plan ‘not adding up’ as public funding on for-profit clinics balloons while wait-times increase: new CCPA Report TORONTO – Ontario’s funding of for-profit medical imaging (MRI) and surgical services is increasing wait times and threatening public health care, says a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).  In Not adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario, CCPA Senior Researcher Andrew Longhurst analyses unpublished data – obtained through Freedom of Information requests – from Ontario’s 918 licensed private centres and two private hospitals offering publicly funded health services and finds that this privatization does not serve the public interest.   The report will be released at a press conference at Queen’s Park on Monday morning. Longhurst will be joined by Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), to speak about the research findings.   When:  10 a.m. on Monday, September 28 Where: Queen’s Park Media Studio, 111 Wellesley St. W, Toronto  What:   Media conference to release findings of new CCPA research report about                 privatization of hospital surgeries and diagnostic tests   Who:   Andrew Longhurst, Senior Researcher, Canadian Centre for Policy AlternativesMichael Hurley, President, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE)   For more information please contact:Zee Noorsumar,  CUPE Communications znoorsumar@cupe.ca 647-995-9859  ← Previous Other Articles CUPE to launch major fightback campaign against Hamilton hospital staffing cuts Sep 23, 2026 | Media Releasesread more CUPE to fight 413 job cuts at Hamilton Health Sciences, calls on the province to fully cover hospital’s operational cost Sep 21, 2026 | Media Releasesread more Ford must answer for poor hospital privatization track record over last five years Sep 17, 2026 | Media Releasesread more “Stop the cuts at Bruyere Health:” CUPE to present worker-community petition to hospital management at rally on September 10 Sep 8, 2026 | Media Releasesread more CUPE, ONA and OPSEU to rally against 101 job cuts at the Queensway-Carleton Hospital in Ottawa, as provincial hospital funding cuts hit patient care Aug 17, 2026 | Media Releasesread more The funds hospitals use to pay day-to-day bills have plummeted by $2.2 billion since 2020, says new report Aug 14, 2026 | Media Releasesread more « Older Entries