The Fraser Health Authority's board of directors held a public meeting Wednesday, a week after announcing it was parting ways with former CEO Dr. Victoria Lee.
The leadership of British Columbia’s biggest health authority is facing heat amid growing pressure on the region’s health-care system.Authority’s board of directors held a public meeting Wednesday, a week after announcing it was parting ways with former CEO Dr. Victoria Lee.Story continues below advertisement
“The fact is you have a political appointee there who has no health care experience in Jim Sinclair, that has overseen some of the worst health care outcomes we’ve ever seen for Fraser Health,” Surrey-White Rock MLA Trevor Halford said.“How he still has that position befuddles me, because he should have been let go a long time ago.”
On Wednesday, Sinclair responded to criticism, saying the health authority has “done a really good job” trying to fill frequent physician and nurse shortages, not just at Delta’s hospital but across the region.“I am hopeful we won’t have that problem, that Delta is a blip and we will be able to deal with that going forward — but there are some issues that need to be dealt with,” Sinclair said.
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