PC Leader Says Province Short On Nursing Homes

PC Leader Jamie Baillie

Wait times for acute care beds in some of the province's hospitals are ridiculously long according to PC leader Jamie Baillie.  He says too many patients are tying up beds when they should be cared-for in long-term care facilities.

However, Baillie says there aren't enough nursing homes and not one new nursing home has been built since the NDP government was elected three years ago.  He says an apparent lack of planning is costing dearly and its time something was done about it.



Baillie says better planning and more nursing homes would lead to a less expensive health-care system.