The Fair Care Alliance has finally announced the start of their new advocacy coalition to advocate for better care in the central and northern area of Vancouver Island.
The alliance has two primary objectives through their work: to gain a commitment for a new patient tower at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) that would increase bed capacity; and to secure commitment for a cath lab–or catheterization lab–in Nanaimo.
CHLY attended a press conference on May 29, of the alliance’s announcement of the new coalition and to speak to the current state of care for those north of the Malahat.
Several current and retired mental officials along with Donna Hais, chair of Fair Care Alliance, spoke at the press conference about the concerns they have about the lack of services and support at the NRGH.
