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A right should exist without imposing an obligation on anyone else, arising instead through natural cause, like the right to breathe. Yet GoZ has declared healthcare a right and gone further by stripping private hospitals of their property rights, compelling them to provide emergency care. After what GoZ did...

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Ontario absolutely has the resources for world-class public health care. But health care in Ontario is anything but. I visited the Thessalon Hospital and heard from health care workers stretched to the breaking point: people getting sicker without family doctors, emergency rooms overwhelmed, staff burning out. These challenges are hitting northern and rural communities hardest—but they’re spreading across Ontario. When governments fail to invest in local capacity and download responsibility onto hospitals already stretched thin, patients pay the price. Doug Ford is accelerating the privatization of our health care by diverting billions to for-profit clinics. Funding private clinics diverts money from already stressed public hospitals. He’s paying private clinics more than double what hospitals get for the same surgeries—less value for every public dollar. Funding to for-profit clinics increased over 200% while public hospitals faced real cuts. He’s moving 50% of surgeries to private facilities. In eight years under Doug Ford, access to health care has become worse. Not better. And here’s what’s most important: Universal public health care is a Canadian value we cannot afford to lose. This past year reminded us what makes us Canadian—and what’s worth fighting for. The NDP brought public health care to this country and I will always fight to protect it. In the coming months, I’ll keep meeting with health care workers and bring their voices to Queen’s Park in the spring. With your support, we can win the next election and form an Ontario NDP government that delivers the world-class public health care system we all know is possible.

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#WATCH | Hisar: The Haryana unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to the state government regarding the withdrawal of services by Ayushman empanelled hospitals from August 7, 2025, due to non-payment of dues. Former Haryana IMA President Dr Ajay Mahajan says, " For the last two years, we have been repeatedly facing the problem that our payments get stopped. Due to this, the hospitals also lack the financial resources to make their payments. The hospitals have to make immediate payments to their doctors, their staff, their vendors, but the government is making these payments after three months, four months, six months and even then, it makes unwanted deductions. Due to this, a huge financial burden has fallen on the hospitals. Due to this, the hospitals have decided to request the government to pay all the dues till 15th July by 7th August, otherwise we will not be able to provide further services... Now, after giving our notice, the government says that we have sanctioned Rs 310 crores, but that sanctioning and getting the money will take time. We have about 650 to 700 hospitals, which are private sector hospitals, that were providing their services to the government under Ayushman Bharat. Now, because the debt burden on them has increased, they are unable to provide their services further. We have requested the government that all the payments till 15th July should be made by the 7th so that the hospital can run smoothly..."

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Is Econet going out of its way to keep competition out of Zimbabwe so that it can enjoy super normal profits? Ranga Makwata is very emphatic, if MTN or any other international company was in Zim they would’ve left the country a long time ago. Many international investors and brands have left the country because of the unsustainable operating environment, the banking sector being one such market. (Telecel lost its international partner and GOZ claimed it could run it) If Starlink comes to Zimbabwe, it will leave on its own, given the ZWL tariffs and price controls. Econet has just had a rights issue to pay off its USD debt. Shareholders had to shore up money despite US$1bn that Econet have invested in the country and didn’t get a return. What is incredibly sad is that on life and death matters, Zimbabweans can choose to either use public or private hospitals. Private health care has full discretion on pricing but ICT doesn’t argues Rufaro . How crazy is that? GOZ owns Netone, Telecel, Telone which if data was a public good for the least and most vulnerable of our society then GOZ entities should happily subsidize the citizens. After all they didn’t even pay licence fees. Why is GoZ targeting Econet? What are we missing? The Regulator has failed. A private company like any other sector must not be subjected to price controls and abuse. The regulator has new swanky offices while the industry is slowly dying. Did they force suppliers to contract at prices sub inflation? Why is a local investor, certainly the largest and Zimbabwe’s best entrepreneur subjected to such malice? Econet is subsidizing data for Zimbabweans. For how long can they do that? Strive Masiyiwa is now a billionaire in spite of Zimbabwe. How long will his patience last? Are we going to be happy when Econet becomes another Telecel?

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