【加拿大乐活网lahoo.ca 讯】6月24日，列治文北中选区省议员屈洁冰Teresa Wat发表声明，认为BC省长贺谨最近在省议会的发言表明，省长在有关列治文医院急症大楼重建一事上，向列治文居民承诺太多，兑现太少。估计最快2027年才能完工。
列治文北中选区省议员屈洁冰Teresa Wat表示，尽管新民主党在最近两次省选中都承诺要扩建列市医院，但贺谨和卫生厅长狄德安却无法正面回答一些非常简单的问题，譬如为何在最近的财政预算案中没有提及列治文医院详情，或者是否会履行承诺在2021年内动工并在2024年完成。列治文市民急需这些医疗服务和空间，而非贺谨和新民主党的空泛承诺和狡辩。
屈洁冰提供了列治文医院急症大楼重建计划的时间表，她认为，时间表内容显示，贺谨和新民主党政府严重违背承诺和误导公众。
– 2016年：BC自由党启动列治文医院急症护理大楼重建计划的概念计划制定工作。
– 2017年：新民主党在省选时承诺将迅速为新的急症护理大楼制定商业计划，并得以上台执政。
– 2018年：贺谨提出新的概念计划，并承诺不久之后将落实商业计划。
– 2020年夏天：新的概念计划拖延到2020年4月才获政府审批通过。商业计划仍未获批。贺谨同年七月到访列治文，并承诺在九月通过审批商业计划，并预计新的急症护理大楼在2024年落成。
– 2020年秋季：商业计划仍未获批准。贺谨突然宣布举行省选。省长和新民主党候选人在列治文大力开展竞选活动，承诺在2021年之内动工。
– 2021年春季：2021年财政预算案中未有提及列治文医院的扩建。但列治文医院的使用量已经达到97%，深切治疗部达到95%。
– 2021年6月：在卫生厅的预算辩论中，卫生厅长狄德安拒绝承诺在2021年动工并在2024年完工；声称概念计划已被批准，但商业计划没有被批准。
– 2021年6月：尽管卫生厅长表示商业计划并没有得到批准，贺谨在同一天省长办公室的预算辩论中，却声称商业计划已经得到批准但估计完工日期最早是2027年。
以下为列治文北中选区省议员屈洁冰Teresa Wat声明的英文版：
Horgan misleads Richmond about hospital expansion — again
RICHMOND (June 24, 2021) – Recent comments from John Horgan confirm that, for years, he has overpromised on the expansion of Richmond Hospital and the development of its acute care tower, with the estimated completion date now thought to be 2027 at the earliest.
“Despite promising the Richmond Hospital acute care tower expansion for two elections, John Horgan and NDP Health Minister Adrian Dix were unable to answer simple questions like why the expansion was not included in the most recent budget, or whether they were going to keep their promise to have shovels in the ground by 2021 and the hospital completed by 2024,” said MLA for Richmond North Centre Teresa Wat. “The people of Richmond need these healthcare services and spaces, not just mixed messages and empty promises from John Horgan and the NDP.”
A timeline of the Richmond Hospital acute care tower expansion project shows how badly John Horgan and the NDP have broken their promises and misled the public:
2016 – BC Liberals launch concept plan for a new acute care tower at the Richmond Hospital.
2017 – NDP form government on a platform that promises to quickly develop a business plan for the new acute care tower.
2018 – John Horgan instead introduces a new concept plan, promises business plan to shortly follow.
Summer 2020 – Business plan is still not approved, new revised concept plan is approved instead in April; John Horgan visits Richmond in July and promises an approved business plan by September with expected completion date of the tower by 2024.
Fall 2020 – Business plan is still not approved. Instead, John Horgan calls a snap election. The Premier and NDP MLAs campaign heavily in Richmond on the promise that shovels will be in the ground by 2021.
Spring 2021 –The Richmond Hospital expansion is left out of the 2021 fiscal budget. Richmond Hospital reaches 97 per cent capacity, ICU unit reaches 95 per cent capacity.
June 2021 – During Budget Estimates for the Ministry of Health, Health Minister Adrian Dix refuses to commit to the 2024 completion date or that shovels will be in the ground in 2021; claims the concept plan is approved but not the business plan.
June 2021 – During Budget Estimates for the Office of the Premier, John Horgan states the estimated completion date is now 2027 at the earliest. Claims the business plan is approved despite Minister Dix stating it isn’t on the same day.
