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Beds Now Open as Needed.

Beds Now Open as Needed.

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50 Supporters

Patrick G.
started this petition to
CEO Eric Hanna & The Arnprior Hospital Board of Directors
The hospital is now using the beds when needed...no more long waits in the ER waiting for beds to open.

Since CUPE Local 2198 started a campaign several months ago to alert our Community, CEO ERIC HANNA and The Arnprior Hospital Board have been telling our community that they have only "de-staffed 6 beds" at our hospital but they are NOT closed. This is a complete play on words. In the last several months we continue to have people in overload beds in the busy ER department because Hospital Administration refuse to open up these 6 beds. In addition, I have personally been instructed in my position to call other local hospitals to see if they had any available beds open incase we needed to transfer patients...there is no need to transfer patients out of their own community when we have 6 beds fully funded by the province that are not in use. Indeed if you need the Heart Institute or cancer treatment you should be sent to the facilities that meet your needs. That being, said if we can treat you in our hospital in these 6 beds, you deserve treatment in your own community .

Administration are continuing these beds closures when they have openly committed to this community that they would be there if, and when required. To make matters worse, the Hospital Administration have been chopping back additional services like Physiotherapy and diagnostic imaging, all services that make a hospital a hospital. The Hospital has already eliminated all of the Personal Support Workers and reduced the laundry staff. Recently (and after the petition and post card campaign started) the hospital have started hiring...but at this point, not enough to open the 6 beds when needed.

5 Hospitals are closing in the Niagara region, we need to protect everything we have here at home, and we need to do this vigorously because once they are gone, they are not coming back!

Eric Hanna and this Hospital Board we will not trade our hospital for a day clinic when we can maintain both. Every one of the jobs at this hospital are vital not just to our employees and patients, but to the vitality of our communities economic growth and prosperity. Slashing more jobs and cutting more beds will destroy business and tear the fabric of our communities. With bed reductions, there may not be layoffs but casuals are already facing reductions in hours. Reduced hours mean that cash flow to local business is already being impacted. FACT!

Please note this issue affects the communities around us. Renfrew, Carelton Place, Ottawa, Almonte? This will be a domino affect. Where will your patients go if we are shipping Arnprior patients to your beds? We're all in this together. Please sign and share

CEO ERIC HANNA & THE ARNPRIOR HOSPITAL BOARD: Open up all beds and commit to keeping them opened and staffed appropriately now and into the future! We, the community are urging you to open these beds.

Please friends, we need to get the word to everyone in the Arnprior & Distract area so they know. Please, not only sign this petition, but share it on Facebook and help us get the word out!

Please also feel free to email the CEO himself but be prepared for a formed response telling us they are wisely using the money else where. It's eric.hanna@arnpriorhealth.ca

Please also join our Facebook page at "Arnprior Hospital SOS" for ongoing communications on this topic.




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