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  • Hospital Bed Availability in Muskoka

    This Hospital Bed Availability chart compares the proposed inpatient bed capacity between the two hospital sites and each community’s relative demand for hospital services. The comparison considers bed count with other indicators including current use, ambulance arrivals, and typical acute care bed-to-population planning ratios. A copy of this chart for download is available below. Analysis The…

  • Public Meeting: Community Calls for Accountability from MAHC and Province

    Public Meeting: Recording Thank You for Joining Us: Public Meeting Recap The Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee would like to sincerely thank the many concerned residents who attended the Public Meeting on May 23. The exceptional turnout demonstrated that the community remains deeply engaged, informed, and committed to protecting the future of hospital care in…

  • Urgent Appeal for Transparency – Letter and Questions to MAHC Board

    Recently, through several Freedom of Information requests, our committee has obtained access to MAHC’s Stage 1.3 submission to the province as well as related site selection materials. Upon review of this information, SSMHC identifies that the community’s concerns with the Made in Muskoka model are reasonable, legitimate and justified. Most concerningly, we have identified significant…

  • SSMHC Obtains FOI Records From MAHC

    This release is part of our “Promises versus Reality” issue campaign. Please see more available on the related page: FOI Page Confirmed Major Gaps Between MAHC’s Public Promises and Recently-Obtained FOI Planning Documents

  • Medcura Health Report Offside on the Facts

    In 2024, the Town of Bracebridge commissioned a third-party review of the current hospital redevelopment proposal by Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC). The review, prepared by Medcura Health, was later used to justify the Town’s decision to provide $10 million in Bracebridge taxpayer funding toward the broader $225 million local share required for the new hospital…

  • Virtual Town Hall – Recording (September 30, 2025)

    Access Link (via Zoom) Passcode: 9RF*YEy= Timing/Contents The full meeting runs approximately 1 hour 30 minutes. 

  • Missed Opportunity by Bracebridge Town Council to Press MAHC for Clarity

    On September 4, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) representatives presented to the Town of Bracebridge Council with an update on the hospital redevelopments. The Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee (SSMHC) is critical that the briefing left the public with more questions than answers. Significantly, the public remains without concrete information regarding the status of the provincial…

  • Summary of Concerns Regarding Site Selection

    Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee (SSMHC) Position Statement #4 addresses concerns with the site selection for the future South Muskoka Hospital as chosen by Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC). This summary sets out SSMHC’s concerns and calls for action around the selection process.

  • Community Bulletin – Summer 2025

    Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) continues to advance its “Made-in-Muskoka” multi-site redevelopment model with the province for new hospitals in Bracebridge (South Muskoka Memorial Hospital) and Huntsville (Huntsville District Memorial Hospital) despite strong and persistent community concern. The Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee (SSMHC) has prepared this short Community Bulletin to update concerned residents. Information on…

  • Response to MAHC’s Update on the Closure of the Obstetrics Unit at South Muskoka Hospital

    Read the MAHC Update (28 May) here: https://www.mahc.ca/news/post/mahc-obstetrics-program-planning-ongoing-with-system-partners/

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MuskokaTODAY.com2026/05/30South Muskoka Hospital Advocates Refuse to “Stay Quiet” in Ongoing Fight for “Equal Care” at their Local HospitalMuskokaTODAY.com
MuskokaRegion.com (Metroland)2025/09/08‘There’s another piece that’s missing’: Bracebridge mayor asks province to look at hospital governance structureBracebridge asks province to review hospital governance
MY MUSKOKA NOW2025/06/10Letter: Kruger Continues to Make Case for Investigation of New Hospitals and Loss of OB in South Muskokahttps://muskokatoday.com/2025/06/letter-kruger-continues-to-make-case-for-investigation-of-new-hospitals-and-loss-of-obstetrics-in-south-of-muskoka/
MY MUSKOKA NOW2025/03/03Improving local health care a major focus for re-elected MPPhttps://www.mymuskokanow.com/141287/news/improving-local-health-care-a-major-focus-for-re-elected-mpp/
MUSKOKA TODAY2025/02/222 CANDIDATES SQUARE OFF ON HOSPITALS AS SSMHC MAY GET HEARING WITH MINISTRY OF HEALTHhttps://muskokatoday.com/2025/02/2-candidates-square-off-on-hospitals-as-ssmhg-may-get-hearing-with-ministry/
MUSKOKA REGION2025/02/15Group opposed to south Muskoka hospital plan hosting candidates’ forumhttps://www.muskokaregion.com/politics/provincial-elections/group-opposed-to-south-muskoka-hospital-plan-hosting-candidates-forum/article_97b04c05-29bf-56e5-9ccf-f9693f3c7f76.html
MUSKOKA TODAY2025/01/10FORD CELEBRATES $280 MILLION HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT IN CAMBRIDGE TODAYhttps://muskokatoday.com/2025/01/ford-celebrates-280-million-hospital-redevelopment-in-cambridge-today/
MUSKOKA TODAY2025/01/02KRUGER LETTER TO MINISTER JONES REVEALS STARTLING NEW CLAIMS OF HOSPITAL TALKS LAST YEARhttps://muskokatoday.com/2025/01/kruger-letter-to-minister-jones-reveals-startling-new-claims-of-hospital-talks-last-year/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/12/12COLLINGWOOD GETS $95.5 MILLION TO BUILD A NEW 132-BED REPLACEMENT HOSPITAL, PROVINCE ANNOUNCEShttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/12/collingwood-gets-95-5-million-to-build-new-132-bed-replacement-hospital-province-announces/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/12/06UPDATE: NEW HOSPITAL TALKS, PLANS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY BETWEEN MAHC, MINISTRY OF HEALTHhttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/12/new-hospital-talks-plans-are-already-underway-between-mahc-ministry-of-health/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/12/06ALEXANDER GETS 7 SHORT-TERM ‘TRANSITIONAL BEDS’ TO ‘ALLEVIATE PRESSURE’ ON HOSPITALShttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/12/alexander-gets-7-short-term-transitional-beds-to-alleviate-pressure-on-hospitals/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/10/13WAS HOSPITALS VOTE A ‘WIN-WIN?’ OR JUST A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?https://muskokatoday.com/2024/10/was-hospitals-vote-a-win-win-or-just-a-step-in-the-right-direction/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/10/11MPP SMITH BAILS OUT MAHC PLAN WITH $50-MILLION MORE FOR 10 ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL BEDS IN SOUTH MUSKOKAhttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/10/mpp-smith-bails-out-mahc-plan-with-50-million-for-10-more-beds-in-south-muskoka/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/09/19LETTER: WHY WE SHOULD CARE AND ENGAGE. CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT HOSPITALShttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/09/letter-why-we-should-care-and-engage-cautionary-tale-about-hospitals/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/09/18TALK IS CHEAP …. CHEAPER THAN A BILLION-DOLLAR HOSPITALS BOONDOGLE AND BLUNDER, SAYS SSMHG CHAIR KRUGERhttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/09/talk-is-cheap-cheaper-than-a-billion-dollar-hospitals-boondogle-and-blunder-says-ssmhg-chair-kruger/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/09/03MUSKOKA’S HOSPITAL BATTLEFIELD NOT UNLIKE U.S. RIGHT WING POLARIZATIONS. SSMHC SAYS ‘V2’ OPTION ONLY SOLUTONhttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/09/muskokas-hospital-battlefield-not-unlike-u-s-right-wing-polarizations-ssmhc-says-v2-option-only-soluton/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/07/23HUNTSVILLE ‘STRONGLY ENDORSES’ MAHC HOSPITAL PLAN ‘IN PRINCIPLE’https://muskokatoday.com/2024/07/huntsville-strongly-endorses-mahc-hospital-plan-in-principle/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/07/19LETTER: ORILLIA SOLDIERS’ HOSPITAL EXPANDED BY 60 BEDS LAST YEAR; RECEIVED $3.3M FROM WEBER FOUNDATION THIS MONTHhttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/07/letter-orillia-soldiers-hospital-exanded-by-60-beds-last-year-received-3-3m-from-weber-foundation-recently/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/07/17LETTER: SSMHC WANTS DISTRICT TO WITHHOLD ‘LOCAL SHARE’ FUNDS UNTIL MAHC AGREES TO TWO EQUAL ACUTE CARE HOSPITALShttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/07/letter-ssmhc-wants-district-to-withhold-local-share-funds-until-mahc-agrees-to-two-equal-acute-care-hospitals/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/07/02MPP SMITH ‘WILL NOT SUPPORT’ MAHC IF IT VOTES TO PROCEED WITH ‘UNDESIRABLE, UNTENABLE’ HOSPITAL PLAN; CALLS FOR THIS AFTERNOON’S MOTION TO BE WITHDRAWNhttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/07/mpp-smith-will-not-support-mahc-if-it-votes-to-proceed-with-undesirable-untenable-hospital-plan-calls-for-todays-motion-to-be-withdrawn/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/07/01HOSPITALS’ FATE COULD BE SEALED TUESDAY AS DOCTORS CLAIM ‘TOXIC ENVIRONMENT PUBLICLY AND WITHIN MAHC’https://muskokatoday.com/2024/07/hospitals-fate-could-be-sealed-tuesday-as-doctors-claim-toxic-environment-publicly-and-within-mahc/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/06/24MPP SMITH THANKS MAHC FOR ‘SLOWING DOWN’ AND HEARING WHAT DOCTORS, COMMUNITY WANT FOR HOSPITALShttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/06/mpp-smith-thanks-mahc-for-slowing-down-and-hearing-what-doctors-community-want-for-hospitals/
SSMHC2024/06/23SSMHC rally on Sunday June 23, 2024recording here.
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/06/232ND SOUTH MUSKOKA HOSPITAL RALLY SUPPORTERS WET, BUT STILL WILLING TO COME OUT FOR THEIR HOSPITAL TODAYhttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/06/2nd-south-muskoka-hospital-rally-supporters-wet-but-still-willing-to-come-out-for-their-hospital-today/
MUSKOKA TODAY2024/06/21DOCTORS, HOSPITAL ARE AT LEAST TALKING AGAIN, BUT LITTLE REAL PROGRESS AS MUSKOKA POLITICIANS AT NEGOTIATING TABLEhttps://muskokatoday.com/2024/06/doctors-hospital-are-at-least-talking-again-but-little-real-progress-as-muskoka-politicians-at-negotiating-table/

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