Adrian Dix

NDP Calls for Colorectal Cancer Screening Program

VANCOUVER – New Democrats are calling for a province-wide colorectal cancer screening program to protect people in British Columbia, where colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death. Adrian DixAdrian Dix

Vancouver-Kingsway
Adrian Dix was elected leader of the BC New Democrats in April 2011.

Renfrew-Collingwood Stands Up Against B.C. Liberal Broken Promises, Says ‘No’ To Neighbourhood School Closures

VANCOUVER – As school lets out for the summer, parents and students from the Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood and Vancouver-Kingsway MLA Adrian Dix banded together to show they will not be divided over possible school closures announced last week. Adrian DixAdrian Dix

Vancouver-Kingsway
Adrian Dix was elected leader of the BC New Democrats in April 2011.

B.C. Liberals Mismanaging Health Dollars, Failing Patients By Wasting Nurse Practitioners

VANCOUVER – The B.C. Liberals are bungling the opportunity to reduce hospital admissions and health care costs by failing to hire Nurse Practitioners who can provide primary medical care right now to thousands of people across the province, the B.C. New Democrats say.Adrian DixAdrian Dix

Vancouver-Kingsway
Adrian Dix was elected leader of the BC New Democrats in April 2011.

HST Increases Treatment Costs For People Suffering From Debilitating Conditions

VANCOUVER -  People requiring massage therapy, including patients with multiple sclerosis, are about to suffer even more due to the B.C. Liberals’ HST, said New Democrats today. Adrian DixAdrian Dix

Vancouver-Kingsway
Adrian Dix was elected leader of the BC New Democrats in April 2011.
Surrey-Green Timbers
Sue Hammell was re-elected as the MLA for Surrey-Green Timbers on May 12, 2009 She was first elected in 1991, was re-elected in 1996 and re-elected

Eighteen Months New Wait Time For Medically Required MRI Tests In Metro Vancouver

VANCOUVER -  The B.C. Liberals are making Metro Vancouver patients who need MRIs wait 18 months, said Adrian Dix , New Democrat health critic. Adrian DixAdrian Dix

"Under the B.C. Liberals, a year and half is the new standard wait time for a prescribed MRI in Metro Vancouver. That’s just unacceptable,” said Dix.

Vancouver-Kingsway
Adrian Dix was elected leader of the BC New Democrats in April 2011.

B.C. Liberals Pick Champion Of Two- Tier Health Care To Recommend Health Care Reform

VICTORIA -  The B.C. Liberals' decision to give a known proponent of two-tier health care an exclusive contract renders the tendering process a sham and wastes public dollars, said Adrian Dix , New Democrat health critic.Adrian DixAdrian Dix

Vancouver-Kingsway
Adrian Dix was elected leader of the BC New Democrats in April 2011.

B.C. Liberals’ Innovations in Health Care Involve Privatization, Conflict Of Interest: NDP

VICTORIA - Government documents obtained by the opposition are more evidence that the B.C. Liberals are putting the interests of private investors ahead of the interest of patients and families when it comes to delivering health care in British Columbia, says New Democrat health critic Adrian Dix. Adrian DixAdrian Dix

Vancouver-Kingsway
Adrian Dix was elected leader of the BC New Democrats in April 2011.

B.C. Liberals Cut Hospital Sterilization in Wake of New Case of Contaminated Medical Equipment

VANCOUVER - Even as British Columbia deals with another case of contaminated medical equipment, the B.C. Liberals are permitting cuts to hospital sterilization departments in Metro Vancouver, said New Democrat health critic Adrian Dix.Adrian DixAdrian Dix

Vancouver-Kingsway
Adrian Dix was elected leader of the BC New Democrats in April 2011.

B.C. Liberals Obstinate In Decision To Cut Acute Care Beds At St. Joseph’s Hospital

VICTORIA – Don McRae and the B.C. Liberals are undermining health care in the Comox Valley by refusing to consider alternatives to cutting acute care beds at St Joseph’s Hospital, say New Democrats.Adrian DixAdrian Dix

Vancouver-Kingsway
Adrian Dix was elected leader of the BC New Democrats in April 2011.
North Island
Claire was first elected in May 2005 and was re-elected on May 12, 2009.

Therapeutics Initiative's Warnings Prove Correct, But B.C. Liberals Sideline Independent Watchdog

VICTORIA - News that Therapeutic Initiative's warnings about a drug promoted by Pfizer as a treatment for pain have been proven accurate is yet more proof of how the B.C. Liberals are undermining the public interest by siding with big pharmaceutical firms, said New Democrat health critic Adrian Dix.Adrian DixAdrian Dix

Vancouver-Kingsway
Adrian Dix was elected leader of the BC New Democrats in April 2011.
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