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Releases from SSMHC
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SSMH’s Urgent Appeal: Support Our Physicians for Two Equal Acute Care
“Save South Muskoka Hospital” Committee, a collective community voice, strongly advocates in support of our doctors’ compelling proposal titled “Care Close to Home”. Their model offers a reasonable alternative to the current Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) model which falls significantly below the healthcare needs of South Muskoka. The joint consultations with the doctors’ group, indicates…

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| SOURCE | PUBLICATION DATE | TITLE | LINK |
| MuskokaTODAY.com | 2026/05/30 | South Muskoka Hospital Advocates Refuse to “Stay Quiet” in Ongoing Fight for “Equal Care” at their Local Hospital | MuskokaTODAY.com |
| MuskokaRegion.com (Metroland) | 2025/09/08 | ‘There’s another piece that’s missing’: Bracebridge mayor asks province to look at hospital governance structure | Bracebridge asks province to review hospital governance |
| MY MUSKOKA NOW | 2025/06/10 | Letter: Kruger Continues to Make Case for Investigation of New Hospitals and Loss of OB in South Muskoka | https://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 NOW | 2025/03/03 | Improving local health care a major focus for re-elected MPP | https://www.mymuskokanow.com/141287/news/improving-local-health-care-a-major-focus-for-re-elected-mpp/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2025/02/22 | 2 CANDIDATES SQUARE OFF ON HOSPITALS AS SSMHC MAY GET HEARING WITH MINISTRY OF HEALTH | https://muskokatoday.com/2025/02/2-candidates-square-off-on-hospitals-as-ssmhg-may-get-hearing-with-ministry/ |
| MUSKOKA REGION | 2025/02/15 | Group opposed to south Muskoka hospital plan hosting candidates’ forum | https://www.muskokaregion.com/politics/provincial-elections/group-opposed-to-south-muskoka-hospital-plan-hosting-candidates-forum/article_97b04c05-29bf-56e5-9ccf-f9693f3c7f76.html |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2025/01/10 | FORD CELEBRATES $280 MILLION HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT IN CAMBRIDGE TODAY | https://muskokatoday.com/2025/01/ford-celebrates-280-million-hospital-redevelopment-in-cambridge-today/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2025/01/02 | KRUGER LETTER TO MINISTER JONES REVEALS STARTLING NEW CLAIMS OF HOSPITAL TALKS LAST YEAR | https://muskokatoday.com/2025/01/kruger-letter-to-minister-jones-reveals-startling-new-claims-of-hospital-talks-last-year/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/12/12 | COLLINGWOOD GETS $95.5 MILLION TO BUILD A NEW 132-BED REPLACEMENT HOSPITAL, PROVINCE ANNOUNCES | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/12/collingwood-gets-95-5-million-to-build-new-132-bed-replacement-hospital-province-announces/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/12/06 | UPDATE: NEW HOSPITAL TALKS, PLANS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY BETWEEN MAHC, MINISTRY OF HEALTH | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/12/new-hospital-talks-plans-are-already-underway-between-mahc-ministry-of-health/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/12/06 | ALEXANDER GETS 7 SHORT-TERM ‘TRANSITIONAL BEDS’ TO ‘ALLEVIATE PRESSURE’ ON HOSPITALS | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/12/alexander-gets-7-short-term-transitional-beds-to-alleviate-pressure-on-hospitals/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/10/13 | WAS 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 TODAY | 2024/10/11 | MPP SMITH BAILS OUT MAHC PLAN WITH $50-MILLION MORE FOR 10 ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL BEDS IN SOUTH MUSKOKA | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/10/mpp-smith-bails-out-mahc-plan-with-50-million-for-10-more-beds-in-south-muskoka/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/09/19 | LETTER: WHY WE SHOULD CARE AND ENGAGE. CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT HOSPITALS | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/09/letter-why-we-should-care-and-engage-cautionary-tale-about-hospitals/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/09/18 | TALK IS CHEAP …. CHEAPER THAN A BILLION-DOLLAR HOSPITALS BOONDOGLE AND BLUNDER, SAYS SSMHG CHAIR KRUGER | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/09/talk-is-cheap-cheaper-than-a-billion-dollar-hospitals-boondogle-and-blunder-says-ssmhg-chair-kruger/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/09/03 | MUSKOKA’S HOSPITAL BATTLEFIELD NOT UNLIKE U.S. RIGHT WING POLARIZATIONS. SSMHC SAYS ‘V2’ OPTION ONLY SOLUTON | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/09/muskokas-hospital-battlefield-not-unlike-u-s-right-wing-polarizations-ssmhc-says-v2-option-only-soluton/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/07/23 | HUNTSVILLE ‘STRONGLY ENDORSES’ MAHC HOSPITAL PLAN ‘IN PRINCIPLE’ | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/07/huntsville-strongly-endorses-mahc-hospital-plan-in-principle/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/07/19 | LETTER: ORILLIA SOLDIERS’ HOSPITAL EXPANDED BY 60 BEDS LAST YEAR; RECEIVED $3.3M FROM WEBER FOUNDATION THIS MONTH | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/07/letter-orillia-soldiers-hospital-exanded-by-60-beds-last-year-received-3-3m-from-weber-foundation-recently/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/07/17 | LETTER: SSMHC WANTS DISTRICT TO WITHHOLD ‘LOCAL SHARE’ FUNDS UNTIL MAHC AGREES TO TWO EQUAL ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/07/letter-ssmhc-wants-district-to-withhold-local-share-funds-until-mahc-agrees-to-two-equal-acute-care-hospitals/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/07/02 | MPP SMITH ‘WILL NOT SUPPORT’ MAHC IF IT VOTES TO PROCEED WITH ‘UNDESIRABLE, UNTENABLE’ HOSPITAL PLAN; CALLS FOR THIS AFTERNOON’S MOTION TO BE WITHDRAWN | https://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 TODAY | 2024/07/01 | HOSPITALS’ 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 TODAY | 2024/06/24 | MPP SMITH THANKS MAHC FOR ‘SLOWING DOWN’ AND HEARING WHAT DOCTORS, COMMUNITY WANT FOR HOSPITALS | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/06/mpp-smith-thanks-mahc-for-slowing-down-and-hearing-what-doctors-community-want-for-hospitals/ |
| SSMHC | 2024/06/23 | SSMHC rally on Sunday June 23, 2024 | recording here. |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/06/23 | 2ND SOUTH MUSKOKA HOSPITAL RALLY SUPPORTERS WET, BUT STILL WILLING TO COME OUT FOR THEIR HOSPITAL TODAY | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/06/2nd-south-muskoka-hospital-rally-supporters-wet-but-still-willing-to-come-out-for-their-hospital-today/ |
| MUSKOKA TODAY | 2024/06/21 | DOCTORS, HOSPITAL ARE AT LEAST TALKING AGAIN, BUT LITTLE REAL PROGRESS AS MUSKOKA POLITICIANS AT NEGOTIATING TABLE | https://muskokatoday.com/2024/06/doctors-hospital-are-at-least-talking-again-but-little-real-progress-as-muskoka-politicians-at-negotiating-table/ |

