This archive contains all news articles in organized by date: 1
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Friends request Region withhold further funding of RVHS (letter of June 8, 2008) pending clarification of future status of Ajax-Pickering Hospital To read the full text of the letter, go here

To read the Dec. 14, 2005 Regional Council resolution re reduction of services at Ajax-Pickering Hospital, go here.

 

News 14

Central East LHIN to Study Paediatric Integration

Judicial Review to Test  'Public Consultation' In Mental Health Bed Move

Councils Ask Ontario Human Rights Commission Ruling on Mental Health Bed Move

News 13 Hundreds march to save mental health beds
News 12 May 3 rally protesting mental health bed move; Smitherman refuses to meet with friends, Durham solution required
News 11 Friends Request Immediate Urgent Meeting with Health Minister Smitherman
News 10 Region Acts to Defend Durham Health Services

Resolution of Regional and Local Councils on proposed cutbacks

News 9 Public Outraged Over Proposed Mental Health Bed Move; "We were not Consulted" psychiatrists 
News8 April 10 Public Meeting to Discuss Cutbacks at Ajax-Pickering Hospital
News7

Most Vulnerable ' Victims' of Hospital Cutbacks 

letter to LHIN protesting cutbacks to Mental Health and requesting public consultation

Rouge Valley HS Ordered to  Consult on Planned Mental Health Services Move

News6 Expanding population - Dwindling Services

Loss of Hospital Services in Ajax-Pickering a Real Possibility?

March 17, 2008 Friends letter to Rik Ganderton re. rumours of cutback to Mental Health Services at Ajax-Pickering Hospital
December 7, 2007 Friends letter to Rik Ganderton requesting hiring of cardiologist at Ajax-Pickering Hospital
October 15, 2007 Friends letter to Chair and Board members of RVHS re. undemocratic manner in which Board operates & requesting changes.
Peer review notice (news5) Peer Review of RVHS Unveiled Dec. 14 at Ajax Community Centre Public Forum
Democratization, Ganderton meeeting (news4) Friends Renew Call for Democratization of Board Operations; meeting with CEO Ganderton
GTA hospital underfunded (news3) Voters' Demand Answers on Hospital Underfunding; GTA hospitals underfunded
accountability & governance issues (news2) letters on hospital financing and governance; Star calls for change in election method to hospital boards; call to politicians to legislate more accountability; Ombudsman calls for more hospital accountability; meeting with Board representatives disappointing.
news1 A tale of Two Sites; 'Satellite' Status For Ajax-Pickering?
Concerns about Board's direction & governance issues web article and January 7, 2007 letter to Board Chair Atkins
Chronology of important documents relating to Friends of the Ajax Pickering Hospital, March 2007 Some of these items appear on this site.
Flyer to members re governance issues, March 7, 2007
Update of December, 2006 Some good news but concerns about governance, direction, Birthing Centre location, population-based funding etc.
Friends question why duly-raised resolutions not discussed Letter to Tom Aitkins, RVHS Board Chair, October 5, 2006
Friends comment on RVHS Annual Meeting, June 27, 2006 A managed meeting. Important concerns about Board's direction remain.
Friends meet with LHIN leaders, June 23, 2006 Friends meeting with LHIN leadership outlines priorities for AP Hospital. 

Sub items: 

  • Letter to Foster Loucks, Central East LHIN  Chair, June 19, 2006
  • Letter to Steve Parish, Mayor of Ajax, August 21, 2006. (similar letter to Christine Elliott, M.P.P. and Wayne Arthurs, M.P.P.)

 

Important Update - May 17,2006 1 An important update
Friends RVHS State of Hospital - May 1,  2006 1 Comments made to the citizens who attended the "State of the Hospital" meeting in Ajax, May 1, 2006, sponsored by the Rouge Valley Health System
Friends to Councils - March & April 2006 1 Presentation by The Friends to the Whitby, Pickering, and Ajax Councils and the Durham Regional Council in March and April, 2006
Bill 36 Presentation - January 30, 2006 1 The Friends presentation, Jan. 30, 2006,  to the Social Policy Review Committee of the Ontario Legislature concerning the proposed bill to establish Local Health Integration networks
Friends Flyer, November 2005 1 An important bit of The Friends history - advertising the first town meetings held last November by The Friends

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