Hospital MRIs Sit Idle Overnight as Province Funds Private Clinics: Report

Hospital MRIs sit idle overnight as province funds private clinics: report

New report from Ontario Health Coalition lays out why private health clinics are 'not benefiting the public'

Ford must answer for poor hospital privatization track record over last five years

TORONTO, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the Ford government’s most recent announcements alone, they redirected $155 million in public funds to private MRI, CT and endoscopy clinics and $125 million to private orthopedic clinics. In a new report…

Ontario MRI machines sitting despite waitlists: advocacy group

The Ontario Health Coalition argues that the province should be spending money to increase scans in public hospitals, rather than expanding private clinics

RELEASE & REPORT: Ford must answer for poor hospital privatization track record over last five years: New report tracks town-by-town how the privatization scheme has created new inequalities, delays, higher costs and wasted local public hospitals’ resources - Ontario Health Coalition

(September 15, 2026) In the Ford government’s most recent announcements alone, they redirected $155 million in public funds to private MRI, CT and endoscopy clinics and $125 million to private orthopedic clinics. In a new report released today, advocates have tracked the specific impacts, town-by-town across Ontario, of the government’s choice to direct millions in […]