Less talk, more action.

Vernon-Lumby害羞草研究所檚 BC United candidate for the 2024 provincial election says the NDP government has been failing riding residents with inaction over health care.

Kevin Acton, current Mayor of Lumby, took to social media to express his disappointment in the government害羞草研究所檚 handling of local health concerns.

害羞草研究所淚n years past, area residents were able to have their medical needs attended to at several medical clinics that operated in Vernon, however over the years, the clinics closed until finally just one remained,害羞草研究所� wrote Acton.

害羞草研究所淚n 2023 that closed too, leaving the area with no walk-in clinics for residents to seek medical treatment. During this time the NDP did nothing to reverse the obvious decline, then made a feeble, last-minute attempt to retain the final one, however they failed in their attempt.害羞草研究所�

Sitting riding MLA Harwinder Sandhu said she had been in contact with local doctors about the clinic. The doctors said there was no communication with her or Victoria.

Not only has the NDP government failed residents on the subject of medical walk-in clinics, said Acton, but they have also failed residents in terms of mental health crisis care.

Acton said the psychiatric unit at Vernon Jubilee Hospital is running over-capacity and the facility is antiquated, inadequate and puts staff and patients at significant risk. He also quoted a 2016 Morning Star article that said the unit is inadequate and that there were concerns eight years ago for staff and patient safety.

害羞草研究所淚nterior Health has indicated this to be a priority, so why hasn害羞草研究所檛 the NDP enabled projects to happen to fix this?害羞草研究所� Acton questioned. 害羞草研究所淥ne might think a project so obviously and desperately needed would be fast-tracked. The NDP assumed government in 2017害羞草研究所� and here we sit. Waiting. Residents need this care and they should not be punished because the NDP government cannot get it done.害羞草研究所�

Action said construction inflation has soared so improvements to the psych unit would 害羞草研究所渓ikely be millions of taxpayer dollars more than if the NDP government had done its job years ago, as it should have.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所満π卟菅芯克��Think of all the people who have slipped through the cracks, or not received the critical mental health treatment they needed,害羞草研究所� said Acton. 害羞草研究所淚t害羞草研究所檚 not hard to accept that these delays could have cost lives. The question is, how many lives have the NDP害羞草研究所檚 inaction taken?

Acton calls for the NDP to stop procrastinating and do what must be done to upgrade the acute psychiatric facility at VJH.

害羞草研究所淚t must be completed before one more doctor is injured, or one more desperate patient is left unaided in the failing 1950s condition basement-style of an otherwise beautiful hospital,害羞草研究所� he said. 害羞草研究所淭he residents of Vernon-Lumby need this care. They deserve it. We demand it. No more announcements, no more hints of announcements, but action.害羞草研究所�

The 2024 provincial vote is slated for Oct. 19.