On Saturday, November 19 and Sunday, November 20, the Ontario Health Coalition will hold an assembly and conference at the Sheraton Hotel in Toronto to define the future of health-care delivery in Ontario.

On Saturday, the Action Assembly will feature best selling authour and journalist Linda McQuaig, economist Hugh McKenzie and economist Armine Yalnizyan. The Assembly runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

After developing an infection following an operation in May, Marion McMullen was placed in an isolation room for eight days before being discharged and sent home with antibiotics. Two days later, she returned to hospital with non-stop diarrhea but was released after eight hours.

Her family was never told that she could be suffering with C. Difficile, a potentially deadly disease that invades the intestines.

In mid-June, her son got a "disturbing" call from his aunt who told him his mother was slowly dying at home.

Twelve public hearings have been scheduled next month by the Ontario Health Coalition to address concerns about local services in northern and rural hospitals.

The Coalition said they’re inviting the public to bring their recommendations before a “non-partisan” panel of “well respected experts” at a series of hearings beginning March 4.