In the fall provincial election campaign, Premier David Eby and NDP candidates made bold promises for investments to improve the health-care system in order to address staff shortages and gaps in vital services.
But patient groups and health-care workers who spoke to CBC News say they are disappointed to see several key campaign promises absent from this year’s budget, including money for new hospital towers in Nanaimo and Langley and the creation of a catheterization lab for cardiac care in Nanaimo.
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