I am writing to complain as one of the patients who recently had surgery cancelled due to overcrowding at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital.
I find it extremely reprehensible that such conditions should exist. Two years ago, I had surgery done in the hospital and was appalled at the overcrowding and how hard the nurses had to work. I visited my granddaughter in hospital, at the birth of her daughter, and was appalled at how squeezed they were in the room to the point where she couldn’t get out of bed without help from the nurses to move the bed and crib around.
The need is sorely apparent that more room is needed, more beds, more staff and more financial support. I realize that your jobs are stressful but so are the doctors’ and nurses’.
I am just as sure that the overcrowding and overworked conditions are the result of more infection in the hospitals. This situation will only get worse unless something is done immediately to relieve the situation. Don’t wait for deaths to occur as will surely happen. Act now.
J. Hamilton
