Adrian Dix's News
November 9, 2007
VANCOUVER—Leaked documents obtained by the New Democrats show the Lower Mainland is on the brink of an acute care crisis.A planning document authored by Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health Authorities confirmed that the Lower Mainland region is currently short 550 acute care beds. By 2020, the shortfall will grow to 2,608 beds – the equivalent of six to eight acute care hospitals."The documents show just how badly the Campbell government has neglected our public health care system,...
November 2, 2007
VICTORIA – New Democrats blasted the Campbell government today for spending more than half a million dollars for an office makeover for the Ministry of Children and Family Development while ignoring the needs of sexually abused children. “The Campbell Liberals seem to care more about their own image than they do aboutNicholas Simons vulnerable children,” said New Democrat Children's Critic Nicholas Simons . "The lives of children will not improve because the Ministry spent almost...
October 29, 2007
VICTORIA—The pending closure of a 50-bed residential care facility in the Interior Health region shows that Campbell government is ignoring the region’s critical bed shortage, NDP Health Critic Adrian Dix said today."For more than 25 years, the Sagebrush Lodge has provided quality care for seniors," said Dix. "Instead of keeping it open to B.C. seniors and their families, the Ministry of Health is shutting Sagebrush down. It’s a missed opportunity to build capacity in Interior...
October 22, 2007
VICTORIA— New Democrat Health Critic Adrian Dix blasted the Gordon Campbell government today in the wake of statistics showing the result of yet one more broken promise. According to the B.C. Health Coalition, there are 360 fewerAdrian Dix residential care beds in the Interior Health region than there were in 2001, despite the Campbell government’s promise to build 5,000 new spaces by 2006. “Of course we already knew that promise had been abandoned – the government had admitted they had...
October 19, 2007
VANCOUVER—The Campbell government’s refusal to address B.C.’s acute care bed crisis is forcing patients to wait hours longer than the Canadian average to receive appropriate care, New Democrat Health Critic Adrian Dix said today.Adrian Dix"This week’s report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) confirms what doctors, patients and the Opposition already knew," said Dix. "B.C. Liberal cuts and acute care bed closures have created a crisis in our health care...
October 10, 2007
VANCOUVER-Last night at a gala awards presentation, Ernst & Young awarded Retirement Concepts an Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the category of Business-to-Consumer Products and Services. New Democrat Health Critic Adrian Dix offered the following comment in response to that award:“It is unfortunate that Retirement Concepts, operator of a seniors care home at the centre of allegations of elder neglect and abuse, has received a customer service award,” said Dix."Clearly, the awards...
September 13, 2007
VICTORIA—New Democrat Health Critic Adrian Dix is calling Health Minister George Abbott’s decision to hike ambulance fees a tax on the sick.“Despite a $4 billion surplus, the Health Minister is hitting British Columbians in the pocketbook with massive fee increases for ambulance service,” said Dix. “This change amounts to a tax increase on the sick, which will hit middle income earners hard when they need emergency care.” This week, Health Minister George Abbott announced fee hikes of nearly...
