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Natalie Mehra
Natalie Mehra is the Executive Director of the Ontario Health Coalition. On June 15, 2026, the Coalition issued an open letter to Ontario's Health Minister demanding the province stop Quest Diagnostics / LifeLabs from transferring Ontario patients' laboratory specimens to Quest reference labs in the United States. The open letter cited concerns about patient privacy, specimen quality, testing delays, and public dollars leaving Ontario, and called for the restoration of public hospital outpatient laboratories.
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On June 15, 2026, the Ontario Health Coalition issued an open letter demanding the province stop Quest Diagnostics / LifeLabs from shipping Ontario patients' laboratory specimens to Quest reference labs in the United States, citing privacy, specimen-quality, delay, and "dollars leaving Ontario" concerns — and calling for the restoration of public hospital outpatient labs.
As Executive Director of the Ontario Health Coalition, Mehra issued the June 15, 2026 open letter to Ontario's Health Minister demanding the province stop Quest/LifeLabs from shipping Ontario patient lab specimens to U.S. reference labs and calling for the restoration of public hospital outpatient labs.