Vernon Jubilee Hospitals "Tower of Care" is scheduled to open in September 2011. Unfortunately, the Tower will open without any increase in hospital beds. Opening day will be yet another "Code Purple" day at VJH where admitted patients exceed hospital capacity. Patients will continue to backup in the emergency department for hours and days at a time while they desperately wait for for a stretcher to become available in a hospital hallway, broom closet, or cast room.
We, the citizens of the North Okanagan and Shuswap say the status quo is unacceptable.
When the Tower of Care opens, it is slated to open with two empty "shelled-in" acute care floors set aside for completion at an undetermined future date.
We say the time to finish these shelled-in floors is now.
We, the citizens of the North Okanagan and Shuswap are petitioning our provincial government to end constant overcapacity at VJH and complete the two shelled in floors now.
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Don Quixote Note: This petition went up less than an hour ago and there are people already signing it. Please e-mail link to all people that you can that may be interested in putting the pressure on our Provincial Government.
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