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Liberals Slash Palliative Care


Nurses and patients warned against health funding cuts to palliative care in BC Hospitals


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MAY 29, 2003, BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA: Nurses joined with patients and family members today to decry plans to close hospital beds and services throughout BC that accommodate people in the final days of their lives, as well as their families.

"We are absolutely appalled that health authorities are so anxious to cut their spending and meet their budgets that they�re cutting crucial palliative care services in hospitals," says Peggy Eburne, co-chair for the BC Nurses� Union�s Simon Fraser Region. "What they�re proposing to replace those beds is simply not adequate to meet the growing need for palliative care." Click here for more.


see also Palliative cuts protest

see also Palliative care forum




Introduction: Debra McPherson, President, BC Nurses' Union RT: 1:08


BCNU President Debra McPherson
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Peggy Eburne, Co-chair, BCNU Simon Fraser Region RT: 2:21


Peggy Eburne
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Helene Greenaway, Co-chair, BCNU Simon Fraser Region RT: 3:14


Helene Greenaway
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Marie Dunlop, Wife of Palliative Care Patient RT: 3:26


Marie Dunlop
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Daryl Carter, Palliative Care Patient RT: 3:34


Daryl Carter
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Debra McPherson, President, BC Nurses' Union RT: 2:17


Debra McPherson, President BCNU
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Media Questions RT: 22:37


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