The Editor,
Re. “ERH rep says no land sale, no hospital expansion” (The Tri-City News, April 13) and “ERHF not in favour of hospital plan” (April 11).
I am appalled at the idea of building yet more towers on the grounds of Eagle Ridge Hospital.
What we need is a real, grown-up hospital. The area is growing — all those towers! — and it is ridiculous that we have to go to New Westminster for anything beyond basic medical care.
We need a maternity ward, a real acute care section, an emergency ward that actually functions, etc. What we have now is basically a holding tank for those waiting for long-term care placement.
This is just ridiculous. Build a real hospital instead of towers.
Wendy Semko, Coquitlam
