Alberta NDP leader calls on Premier to get shovels in the ground for Red Deer Hospital
Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley called out Premier Danielle Smith for not including mention of the Red Deer Regional Hospital expansion project in any mandate letters to ministers.
At a press conference on Thursday at the Golden Circle (4620 47a Ave.), Notley called on Smith and Health Minister Adriana LaGrange, also MLA for Red Deer North, to commit to starting the construction on the Hospital redevelopment this year.
“The Health Minister is from Red Deer; it is shocking to me that we did not see mention of the Red Deer Hospital, getting past the many, many roadblocks that clearly have been in its way, being one of the two or three highest priorities of this health minister or the infrastructure minister,” she said.
Smith sent mandate letters to numerous ministers this month outlining their expected objectives. The health minister’s letter included finding a resolution to the “unacceptable” lab services delay, improving EMS response times, decreasing surgical backlogs, and cutting ER wait times, among others.