Adrian Dix's News
March 17, 2008
CAMPBELL RIVER— The Campbell government is to blame for the Vancouver Island Health Authority pulling the plug on plans for 11 new residential care beds in Port Hardy, the New Democrats said today. Claire Trevena“These beds were the only new long-term care beds north of Campbell River. Now they are on hold indefinitely because the Campbell government has failed to provide the necessary funds,” said North Island MLA Claire Trevena. “It’s another promise broken to the people of the North...
March 12, 2008
Care aides that work at Retirement Concepts-run assisted living facilities on Vancouver Island have been served layoff notices and families are being informed the contract to provide personal services will be taken over by the Vancouver Island Health Authority, New Democrats have learned. Retirement Concepts is a private, for-profit care company that has received lucrative contracts from the Campbell Liberals to provide care at fifteen seniors care facilities around B.C. Carole JamesVIHA will...
March 10, 2008
The New Democrats are calling on Gordon Campbell to immediately shut down a private health wait list insurance scheme that has set up business within B.C.'s borders. "This is another example of a company that is actively soliciting for clients that have the ability to pay for the privilege of queue jumping. It's illegal, it violates both provincial and national health legislation and action must be taken now to end this practice," said NDP health critic Adrian Dix. Adrian...
February 22, 2008
Yesterday’s health authority funding announcement by the Campbell Liberals hurts patients and will lead to further cuts to care, says Adrian Dix, NDP Opposition Health Critic.Adrian Dix Dix pointed out that Vancouver Coastal Health received the lowest lift of any health authority – about $4 million over this year’s actual expenditures, or about two percent. VCH faced a $40 million budget shortfall last year and are projecting the same again by this fiscal year end. The region has the second...
January 28, 2008
The enormous damage caused to B.C.’s health system will remain an embarrassing legacy of the Campbell Liberals, say New Democrats. "This agreement is an important victory for health care workers," said Carol James, Leader of the New Democrat Official Opposition. Carole James"I met many hundreds of workers who had their livelihoods taken away by Gordon Campbell when he forced through Bill 29 and triggered the largest layoff of women workers in B.C. history. "This agreement...
January 24, 2008
New Democrats will table legislation this spring to give B.C. men access to free screening that can indicate early signs of prostate cancer, says Opposition Health Critic Adrian Dix. B.C. remains one of only four jurisdictions left in Canada that does not cover prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening. Six provinces and three territories cover the screening. Adrian Dix“PSA testing is one tool that can help detect prostate cancer earlier,” said Dix. “During the next sitting of the House I will...
January 17, 2008
Wait lists for MRI diagnostics are significantly higher than the B.C. average across the entire Interior Health Region according to data posted on the region’s own web site, says Adrian Dix, Opposition Health Critic. “A patient in Kelowna can wait a median of 245 days for an MRI and 196 days in Kootenay Boundary – that’s way too long, said Dix. “That’s even worse than the B.C. average of 84 days, which is one of the poorest performances of a province across Canada.”Adrian Dix A Canadian...
