At a press conference on Tuesday, Health Minister Adrian Dix said action had been taken on every step of the 30-point plan for the city's residents to meet health-care needs.
A business plan has now been approved for a kidney care unit at Surrey Memorial Hospital , but in an election year, that announcement is being met with criticism. As Grace Ke reports, some say more should have been done to help people in the community.With less than four months until B.C.’s provincial election, the BC NDP government is touting its initiatives in the City of Surrey.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Health Minister Adrian Dix said action has been taken on every step of the 30-point plan to meet the residents’ health-care needs.He added that there have been 293 new positions added at Surrey Memorial Hospital, across all departments. “This includes 23 of 27 new pediatric emergency positions that have been filled, 21 new resident clinical associates for associate physician positions have been hired at Surrey Memorial Hospital, and 11 additional offers are on the table,” Dix said.
“Five new nurse practitioners have been recruited as estimates since January 2023, supporting internal medicine and thoracic and general surgeries. Fraser Health has hired overall at Surrey Memorial Hospital, 88 internationally educated nurses and 71 internationally educated physicians.
This update came on the same day it was announced that more prefabricated classroom spaces are coming to Surrey, including 17 classrooms at Old Yale Road Elementary, six classrooms at Latimer Road Elementary and 12 at William Watson Elementary. The new classrooms are expected to be ready in fall 2025. Families in Surrey will have 875 more student spaces in their community as part of the government’s plan to expand schools faster.
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