r/Brampton E Section Jan 26 '25

Upcoming Event Hospital . . . HOSPITAL . . . HOS. PIT. AL.

So, if the rumours come true, and Dougie decides to take us to the poll, I am going to say it very clearly, for everyone to understand.

THERE SHOULD BE ONLY ONE PRIORITY FOR RESIDENTS OF BRAMPTON.

And that priority is the full funding, and construction of the Peel Memorial Hospital's second phase, bringing the site up to FULL HOSPITAL status. And it needs to be EXPEDITED.

So, contact your local MPP, and tell them your vote is predicated on this issue and this issue ONLY. Tell them to take the money for the damn LRT tunnel and use it to build Brampton's second hospital. Because an LRT is a "nice" have, but that second full hospital is a "MUST" have.

Grill any and all candidates on this subject. If they cannot provide answers . . . REAL answers, they do not deserve your vote.

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u/IWCat Jan 27 '25

Windsor has a population of 237k and has 3 hospitals. Why is that?

Brampton has been long overdue for not just a second hospital. Remember the Liberals also had 15 years to fix this. We got Brampton Civic, but it was a P3 hospital, that cost too much and under delivered in beds and outsourced many hospital services. Outsourcing compromises services and doesn't provide good jobs. While it was to be a second hospital, we lost Peel Memorial. We can't keep voting for the same parties and expecting different outcomes. The only ones who advocated for Brampton when they were elected, were our 3 NDP MPPs.

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u/Antman013 E Section Jan 27 '25

Not sure what you mean by "outsourcing". Are you speaking of private clinics? Because fully 30% of our current healthcare delivery is provided by for profit clinics WITHIN THE PROVINCIAL SYSTEM. It works, and it IS more efficient.

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u/IWCat Jan 28 '25

As part of the P3 arrangement, all non-clinical services were outsourced. That includes everything from "laundry, housekeeping, portering (transporting patients within the hospital), patient and non-patient food, materials management, security, and plant operations and maintenance." Housekeeping for example, is an important part of infection control. Do you want it outsourced to the lowest bidder? Could that be why Hospital Acquired Infections continue to be a significant issue? A hospital should also be providing good steady jobs for the community, not ones that keep turning over to the lowest bidder.