One of the vital services provided at the Sackville Memorial Hospital is the Emergency Room. To think that the government might close it for almost half of the day, every day, is absolutely unacceptable. Our hospital doesn’t just serve people in Sackville.
Our hospital serves the neighbouring and rural communities across the riding of Memramcook-Tantramar. This is not the first time that our community has had to fight to maintain our hospital and its services. I will continue to fight with you.
An official announcement has not yet been released from the government, but there are rumours that 6 hospitals in NB, including the Sackville Memorial Hospital, will be losing their Emergency Room services from 10pm - 8am.
L'un des services essentiels de l'Hôpital mémorial de Sackville est la salle d'urgence. C'est absolument inacceptable de penser que le gouvernement pourrait le fermer pendant presque la moitié de la journée, tous les jours.
L'hôpital fournit les services aux gens des collectivités voisines et rurales de toute la circonscription de Memramcook-Tantramar. Ce n'est pas la première fois que notre communauté doit se battre pour maintenir notre hôpital et ses services. Je continuerai à me battre avec vous.
Le gouvernement n'a pas encore fait d'annonce officielle, mais il y a des rumeurs selon lesquelles six hôpitaux du Nouveau-Brunswick, dont l'Hôpital mémorial de Sackville, vont perdre leurs services d'urgence de 22h à 8 h.
“I will not go home at night feeling that there has been another degradation to our society in New Brunswick.”
- Blaine Higgs, speaking to a motion in the House on Dec. 18, 2014 re: abortion access in NB
So, Higgs said increased abortion access would degrade our society.
I feel the loss of Clinic 554, which is a family practice with a focus on reproductive, trans*, LGBT/Queer, and HIV care, is a degradation of our society. Successive governments have refused to properly fund reproductive healthcare in NB, resulting in the closure of #Clinic554.
All @premierbhiggs needs to do is make a minor change to General Regulation - Medical Services Payment Act. Remove Schedule 2 (a.1) of Regulation 84-20 which prevents coverage for just one type of service.
It is completely unacceptable that people exercising their right to assemble to protest the closure of @SaveClinic554 due to government’s refusal to follow the Canada Health Act were kicked off the lawn of the Legislature last night.
As an MLA, I oppose what happened to those fighting for reproductive justice in New Brunswick. People must have the right to assemble and protest their government and that right has been violated. This requires an apology and I will work to ensure that this never happens again.
Il est totalement inacceptable que des personnes exerçant leur droit de se réunir pour protester contre la fermeture de la clinique 554 en raison du refus du gouvernement de suivre la Loi canadienne sur la santé aient été expulsées de la pelouse de l'Assemblée législative hier.
WE already saved our hospital. Together: me, the Hospital Steering Committee, and every single one of you who wrote letters, emails, made calls, and who came out and rallied with us in the streets.
Together, we got Higgs to declare back in March that ER closures were off the table, something that he has repeated nearly daily throughout this election campaign.
**Remember** we came together as a community together to fight these same health care reforms targeting our hospital in 2016 under the Liberals. We've stood up for our hospital more than once, and we'll do it again if we need to.