#OPSEU / #SEFPO condemns the announcement by #CanadianBloodServices that for-profit multinational pharmaceutical company #Grifols will open paid plasma collection sites in Whitby, Cambridge, Hamilton in late 2024 and 2025. Grifols will be operating under an undisclosed 15-year deal with Canadian Blood Services to privatize plasma collection in #Canada.
"In less than one year, #Ontario has become one of the leading jurisdictions in #Canada at providing healthcare services through 3rd party for-profit investor-owned shareholder pharmacies"
"Practising medicine is not "an assessment" It is a history, physical exam, differential diagnosis, testing where needed, plan for follow-up & documentation accessible to others.
Ontario could support publicly funded primary care, but it chooses for-profit corporate earnings"