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	<title>Tina Pittaway</title>
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		<title>Persistence Pays: Ombudsman to Investigate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was announced on Jan. 10, 2011 that the Ombudsman of Ontario is undertaking an in-depth investigation of privately owned non-urgent patient transfer services in Ontario.]]></description>
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		<title>Ombudsman Launches Review of Province&#8217;s Role in Transfers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of the Ombudsman of Ontario has launched a preliminary review of the co-ordination of non-emergency patient transfer services by the province.  

<a href="http://tinapittaway.com/2010/09/ombudsman-launches-inquiry-of-patient-trasfer-services/">more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking patients who have had bad experiences</title>
		<link>http://tinapittaway.com/2010/04/seeking-patients-who-have-had-bad-experiences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you or a family member experienced sub-standard care aboard a private transfer vehicle?  Are you a worker within the health care sector or within this industry who has been exposed to troubling situations?
If you know of additional situations that have put patients in harm&#8217;s way, please contact me at tpittaway AT sympatico DOT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hear Risky Business followed by OHA&#8217;s Tom Closson</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow this link to hear Risky Business, my investigation of the unregulated non-emergency patient transfer industry in Ontario.  The story is followed with an interview with Tom Closson, President and CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association.  

I have heard from dozens of workers, former workers and patients throughout my investigation of this industry.  Please contribute to the ongoing discussion of these services on this website, or contact me directly at tpittaway AT sympatico DOT ca.   

I can offer anonymity to workers or patients concerned about privacy or job security issues.

<a href="http://tinapittaway.com/2009/12/listen-to-risky-business/">more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Risky Business Transcript</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download a transcript of Risky Business, which I produced for CBC Radio.
<a href="http://tinapittaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/RiskyBusiness.doc">Risky Business Transcript</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Risky Business: Ontario Patients in Harm&#8217;s Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each week thousands of patients in Ontario are loaded into the backs of what they think are ambulances, tended to by people that they think are trained paramedics.  Wrong on both counts.  Tune into The Sunday Edition on CBC Radio One on December 13 just after the ten o'clock news to hear my documentary that explores the truly shocking practices that are taking place aboard these privately owned and unregulated vehicles.

<a href="http://tinapittaway.com/2009/12/risky-business-ontario-patients-in-harms-way/">more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Back From the Brink</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, thousands of Canadians go into sudden cardiac arrest - their hearts simply stop beating.  The vast majority die.  But for more than a decade, hypothermia has been a proven method of treating patients whose hearts have stopped functioning.

In this documentary that I produced for CBC Radio's The Current we meet Bill MacDonald, a cardiac arrest survivor who was "dead" for 16 minutes, and his devoted friend Ferdy Rochas.  And we also meet the talented team of doctors and researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, and at Life Recovery Systems in New Jersey who are doing much to improve the outcomes of patients like Bill.

This documentary received the World Gold Medal at the 2009 New York Festivals in the Health and Medical category.
<a href="http://tinapittaway.com/2009/12/back-from-the-brink/">more</a>
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