Straight Talk: Vera’s last day after 19 years at The Scarborough Hospital
Vera Tsotsos is a ward clerk at The Scarborough Hospital. After 19 years on the job she received notice in the spring that her full-time position would be eliminated. Her…
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2014 budget: If your hospital is not already on the rebuild list, it won’t be
When Charles Sousa unwraps his Ontario budget on Thursday there likely won’t be any new money for expanding hospital infrastructure. Coming out of the Harris era, the McGuinty/Wynne government faced…
Price too high for Scarborough-Rouge hospitals to sustain merger plan
In the end the price was too much. The merger between the Scarborough and Rouge Valley hospitals appears to be sidelined after months of intense activity including unprecedented community consultation.…
Briefs: The Scarborough Hospital looking for $6.8 million in savings with or without merger
The Rouge Valley Health System and The Scarborough Hospital officially filed notification to the Local Health Integration Network of their intent to merge, but it doesn’t mean hard times are…
Scrouge Hospital told to start talking to Lakeridge about capital planning
Robert Biron quietly came into the Central East LHIN board meeting and sat as a spectator. The CEO of the Scarborough Hospital silently left the room again after the LHIN…
Funding “reform” has CEOs chasing hospital mergers
In a perfect world hospitals would be publicly funded to meet the health needs of their communities. That would be it. When the government started talking about funding reform, the…
Scarborough-Rouge merger comes with costly conditions
The merger of The Scarborough Hospital (TSH) with the Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) will not come cheap. Last night the hospital boards approved the idea of merger but only…
Jumping into the fire
The last few days appear to suggest the brave new world of health reform is not unfolding as it theoretically should. The news is all around us: another violent death…
Scarborough-Rouge Merger: Some potential questions for tonight’s tele-town hall
Tonight The Scarborough Hospital and Rouge Valley Health System are having their second public telephone town hall to discuss the benefits and risks of a merger. The first town hall…
Scarborough-Rouge Merger: Community Council says not enough info to make a decision
If this were the private sector, you wouldn’t have the board of a $352 million organization sitting in such uncomfortable chairs. Despite signs of modest economic recovery, it’s still hard…
Short takes: “Scrouge Hospital,” Ontario Shores WSIB surcharge and more
The proposed merger between The Scarborough Hospital (TSH) and the Rouge Valley Health System has been unprecedented in its overall transparency. If anything, we have been inundated with information. But…
Staggered by the contrasting realities of Ontario’s hospitals
We were reminded last night that Ontario hospitals live in very different realities from each other. When University Health Network CEO Bob Bell has a casual chat with Health Minister…
8,300 participate in merger telephone town hall
There were many questions but few detailed answers during the first telephone town hall meeting to discuss the possible merger of The Scarborough Hospital and the Rouge Valley Health System.…
Scarborough: The first and last VP of Patient Experience
John Wright, The Scarborough Hospital’s (TSH) former CEO once proudly told staff that they were among the first in Canada to have a Vice-President of Patient Experience. While there is…
Chef says Scarborough-Rouge merger could be bad news for good food
Last week we wrote about a possible Scarborough-Rouge Valley hospital merger that threatens an innovative local food program. We tweeted our story to Toronto chef Joshna Maharaj , a rising…
Going backwards — Fresh food preparation may be lost in Scarborough-Rouge merger
The Scarborough Hospital has been an innovator in food services at its main campus. Last year it garnered considerable media attention by bringing in a consulting chef to work with…
Scarborough-Rouge: Merger process open, if not entirely perfect
After a lengthy period where hospitals appeared to be more interested in regional cooperation than formal mergers, the trend appears to be shifting again. The financially stressed Scarborough Hospital has…
Will by-elections become referendum on hospital cuts in Scarborough, Ottawa?
Five provincial by-elections could be a referendum on changes to the health care system that are starving local hospitals. Two of these contests are in ridings where hospital cuts have…
Scarborough/Rouge: Surprising merger talk despite evidence pointing to higher costs
When the Central East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) asked the Scarborough and Rouge Valley hospitals to work together to plan hospital services in the eastern most part of Toronto,…
Lou Rinaldi must be stewing over Biron’s appointment as TSH CEO
Nobody can say Robert Biron didn’t know what he was getting into. The former CEO of Cobourg’s Northumberland Hills Hospital has come to the big city, the next in line…