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B.C. NDP excuses on ER closures across the province wearing thin

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B.C. Conservatives used question period to dramatize repeated closures of emergency rooms at provincial hospitals.

They cited a staggering 1,407 closures, of various lengths in days , at 20 hospitals over the past two years .

Each question capped with a challenge to Premier David Eby to explain why that is acceptable health care.

Eby didn’t rise to the bait, not even once.

Jim Sinclair , the longtime labour leader at Fraser Health , chairs the board.

He’s held the post since the NDP took office in 2017 , establishing a reputation as a hands-on overseer.

“There are some issues that have to be dealt with,” Sinclair conceded Wednesday .

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