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Ontario Medical Review
Jan. 4, 2024

This article originally appeared in the Winter 2023 issue of the Ontario Medical Review magazine.

Physicians unite in advocacy

Queen’s Park Day in pictures

Physicians turned their influence into action, pressing government for health-care reform at Queen’s Park Day, the Ontario Medical Association’s largest advocacy event.  

More than 100 doctors attended the event with politicians from all parties, sharing insights and experiences working in Ontario’s health-care system. 

Attendees advocated for the OMA’s 11 solutions to its three urgent priorities – the primary care crisis, administrative burden and home- and community-based care — as outlined in the Prescription for Ontario: Doctors’ Solutions for Immediate Action report. The report — created after extensive consultation with physicians, rural experts and other major health-care stakeholders – was presented to the government in advance of the provincial budget due out in February. 

Watch highlights from OMA Queen's Park Day

Snapshots of the day

Dr. Nicolette Fellegi, a family physician from Ottawa, holding OMA literature.
Dr. Nicolette Fellegi, a family physician from Ottawa, attends her first-ever Queen’s Park Day.
Health Minister Sylvia Jones and OMA CEO Kimberly Moran share a few words.
Health Minister Sylvia Jones, left, and OMA CEO Kimberly Moran share a few words during the lunchtime reception.
Dr. Rohit Kumar, anesthesiologist at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, speaking as an OMA health-care advocate.
Dr. Rohit Kumar, anesthesiologist at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga and chair of OMA section Ontario’s Anesthesiologists, was on hand as an OMA health-care advocate.
Dr. Atul Kapur and Sudbury NDP MPP Jamie West.
Dr. Atul Kapur, vice-chair of the OMA Negotiations Task Force and emergency physician at the Ottawa Hospital, left, and Sudbury NDP MPP Jamie West.
OMA past president Dr. Rose Zacharias and Raymond Cho, MPP for Scarborough-North, having a discussion.
OMA past president Dr. Rose Zacharias and Raymond Cho, MPP for Scarborough-North and minister of seniors and accessibility, discuss the need to increase team-based care, one health-care solution presented by the OMA.
Dr. Rayudu Koka discusses with Stan Cho, minister of long-term care.
Dr. Rayudu Koka, left, spends some time with Stan Cho, minister of long-term care.
OMA President Dr. Andrew Park addresses attendees.
OMA President Dr. Andrew Park addresses attendees.
Speaker of the House Ted Arnott meets with OMA members and staff during a meeting with politicians.
Speaker of the House Ted Arnott, far left, meets with OMA members and staff during a meeting with politicians.
Medical student Victoria Young engages with colleagues during an MPP meeting.
Medical student Victoria Young engages with colleagues during an MPP meeting.
Family physician Dr. Audrey Karlinsky, OMA President-Elect Dr. Dominic Novak and Ottawa South MPP John Frasier attend a lunchtime reception.
From left: Family physician Dr. Audrey Karlinsky, OMA President-Elect Dr. Dominic Novak and Ottawa South MPP John Frasier (interim leader of the Liberal party) attend the lunchtime reception.
Dr. Giuseppe Guaiana meets with Daisy Wai to discuss the OMA’s urgent health-care priorities and proposed solutions.
Dr. Giuseppe Guaiana, chief of psychiatry at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital, meets with Daisy Wai, parliamentary assistant to the minister for seniors and accessibility, to discuss the OMA’s urgent health-care priorities and proposed solutions.
Medical student Ali Butt has a conversation with OMA members.
University of Toronto Mississauga medical student Ali Butt, who plans to become a family physician, said the day gives young leaders a voice with health-care decision makers.
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