Work to begin on water quality improvements at Victoria General Hospital
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NDP Leader Claudia Chender said it's disappointing further work at the VG site is under discussion. The Tory government inherited a plan to redevelop the infirmary and there have been nothing but delays since, she said.
"What people need is access to the health care they need in infrastructure that is safe and effective."
'It's terrible in there'
Everyone wants a new facility, said Chender, but in the meantime what is in place needs to provide for the safe delivery of care. She didn't mince words while discussing the condition of the Victoria General.
"It's terrible in there, and the health-care workers will tell you that and the patients will tell you that. I have a family member who went through chemotherapy who couldn't drink the water," she said.
"[People] should be able to be treated in a timely fashion and with dignity and if that means some repairs to that building so be it, but we need new infrastructure and we need to understand what the delay is."
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