British Columbia Legislature 42nd Parliament, 3rd Session (2022) Statements, 15 Feb 2022

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From YouTube: FEBRUARY 15 2022 Statements Garry Begg

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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament

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Member for city guilford, thank you. Honorable speaker, surrey, memorial hospital has the distinction of having bc's busiest er and it's big big enough in fact, to equal three nhl hockey, rinks big enough to have the cachet as canada's largest emergency department.

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I had the great pleasure a week ago to tour the critical care tower at smh, where I learned that surrey memorial hospital has been at the epicenter of the covid response for its community for the fraser health authority and for the province, the nurses, respiratory, therapists, allied health care workers, doctors, porters cleaners, have stretched and sacrificed to care for one quarter of the sickest icu patients in british columbia and have done so while having the busiest emergency department in the province and the busiest pediatric emergency department in the province.

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I learned that as well that their vision is that one health care happens in the community. Two health care is provided by teams and three beds and programs are people not resources.

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They are a work family and have not just carried the massive hospital demand by treating their colleagues as family, but also by engaging their patients and their families.

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As partners, the critical care department has developed innovative health service programs and novel research that isn't just about treating the sickest patients but preventing patients from developing critical illnesses and provides direct care to the community and long-term care facilities to prevent hospitalization surrey, surrey's covid follow-up clinic has seen almost one half of the patients in the provincial covid long-term care clinics and actively supports the research that is happening provincially.

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I know that all members in this house will join me in applauding these dedicated women and men at surrey, memorial for their service to this province and its residents. Thank you.