Princeton Residents Push Town Council For Answers

Open letter circulating around town to Princeton Town Council where residents are being encouraged to sign a copy and leave it at Town Hall.

We the residents of Princeton request the Town Council publicly address the growing health care services crisis at Princeton General Hospital. Representatives from across the community, and our local officials have all met with Dr. R. Halpenney and Interior Health officials. As yet, no one from Interior Health can provide solutions to our ongoing crisis of Emergency Room closures.

Town Council had a closed-door meeting with IHA officials. To date, residents are not aware of any avenues that IHA or Council may be in the process of pursuing in the name of Princeton General Hospital.

We have been living in the shadow of Emergency Room closures since early 2010, and it is only a matter of time before a senior citizen, who has lived in this town and made it their home for years, or a child will not be able to last the hour and a half drive to Penticton during an emergency.

We implore you to consider the platform of transparency as promised, further to cease and desist closed meetings with IHA. In short, the constituents of this Municipality require direct participation in the future health care of Princeton and District municipality.

We expect your written reply to this urgent matter.

Thank you for your time.

Regards,

(signature of resident hand deliverying note to Princeton Town Hall).