Ontario Health Coalition

MRI/CT Fact Sheets

MRI/CT Reports

The Pulse - January 2003 - For-Profit MRI/CT Clinics Update (January 2003)
On September 19, 2002 the Ontario Health Coalition released Scanning For Profit: A Critical Review of the Evidence Regarding For-Profit MRI and CT Clinics. This is a report prepared for the Ontario Health Coalition by Ross Sutherland which demonstrates that for-profit MRI and CT Clinics are slower, more expensive, and riskier. (September 19, 2002)

MRI/CT Media Releases

4 February 2005 - MRI - CT In-Hospital Investment Applauded by Ontario Health Coalition.
23 July 2004 - MRI Buyback A Sound Investment - Health Coalition Slams Tory Hypocrisy.
11 November 2003 OHC's Open Letter to Health Minister George Smitherman expressing concern at indicators that the McGuinty government may renege on commitments to cancel plans to build P3 hospitals and scrap privatized MRI/CT delivery.
6 August 2003 - Profits poached from public health: Ontario government must cancel for-profit MRI and CT clinic, says Ontario Health Coalition
22 April 2003 - Media Briefing Note on For-Profit MRI/CT Clinics
31 March 2003 - For-Profit Hospitals & Clinics threaten the future of Medicare
28 February 2003 - Coalition casts doubt on Clement's MRI numbers, calls them "Unbelievable"
4 February 2003 - Eves guilty of hidden money, misspending: Ontario Health Coalition
25 September 2002 - For-Profit MRI & CT Scan Update: Clement says he's looking at it, Eves says "policy is evolving"
19 September 2002 - For-Profit MRI and CT clinics slower, more expensive, more risky: Report
8 July 2002 - For-Profit MRI and CT scanners extremely grave threat - Ontario Health Coalition warns of public response