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From YouTube: FEB 28 2023 Statements Ellis Ross
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
skina
Dr
Howard
Mills
has
been
a
full
service
family
doctor
in
the
city
kimat
for
over
40
years,
raising
his
family
there
and
operating
a
large
practice
the
entire
time.
He
continues
to
serve
our
community
extremely
well
and
provides
Stellar
care
to
those
who
have
been
visiting
his
practice
for
all
these
years,
including
me
in
his
time
as
a
doctor
has
seen
the
struggles
of
hospitals
around
British
Columbia
and
specifically
how
the
kittama
General
Hospital
has
been
grappling
with
staff
shortages
and
limited
beds
for
patients,
most
notably
at
the
kidama
hospital.
A
More
than
half
of
the
available
beds
are
being
used
by
elderly
citizens
who
have
nowhere
else
to
go.
Dr
Mills
realized
this
and
taken
has
taken
a
great
initiative
by
starting
the
process
of
acquiring
an
empty
lot
across
from
the
hospital
to
construct
a
four-story
mixed-use
building
to
help
relieve
stress
on
Hospital
services.
A
The
project
would
contain
a
senior
living
residence
with
45
residential
units
that
have
adjacent
Medical
Care
and
include
multiple
Medical
Services
on
the
lower
floors.
This
facility
has
the
potential
to
provide
housing
for
many
elderly
citizens
with
no
other
options
and
centralize.
Multiple
medical
offices
for
the
residents
of
Kitimat,
the
core
idea
behind
the
proposal
facility,
is
to
provide
a
building
that
will
enhance
the
community
and
add
benefits
to
local
medical
businesses
and
health
care
services.