In reviewing the minutes of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Regional Hospital District (CCRHD) Board Meeting of Friday, February 17th (Minutes here) - I noted the following Resolution:
Moved Director Al Richmond (Electoral Area 'G')
Seconded Director Mitch Campsall (100 Mile):
“That a request be sent to Northern Health and Interior Health requesting the Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District be included entirely within Northern Health’s jurisdiction.”
The above Resolution has been deferred (no date given for renewed consideration). This was opposed by 100 Mile Director (and Mayor) Mitch Campsall and CRD Electoral Area 'E' Director Byron Kemp
In plain English - the above Resolution means that the CCRHD Board is requesting that all operations of Interior Health in Williams Lake and 100 Mile House be moved from Interior Health to Northern Health
My opinion was confirmed in an email from CRD Chair & Area 'G' Director Al Richmond in which he states:
That would be the idea. I expect it may be difficult to get them to agree to it but the discussion might assist us in bringing to the forefront the growing dissatisfaction we have with IH
Now - this is not the first time this area has had this type of discussion. In fact in 2010 - residents' in CRD Area 'D' asked Director Deb Bischoff about the possibility to move Interior Health operations in Williams Lake to Northern Health. See more information on this here
I, for one, fully applaud Al Richmond for this initiative and just maybe Interior Health will wake up and smell the coffee and fully understand/appreciate that people (and their elected representatives) are truly dissatisfied with how our local health-care system is being operated
If the status-quo remains with Interior Health - I hope that the CCRHD Board & Municipal Councils' in Williams Lake/100 Mile House will then have a discussion with Mike De Jong (provincial health minister) allowing Williams Lake & 100 Mile Health Services to be forcibly moved from Interior Health to Northern Health and should that happen - I doubt there would be any complaints from local residents'.
Finally - there seems to be less complaints with Northern Health in Quesnel than complaints from Williams Lake/100 Mile House with Interior Health
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