Dr. Randeep Gill organized a rally Saturday afternoon aiming to ship a message to the B.C. authorities.

“Wake up, pay attention, we’re not going anywhere and we’ll hold you accountable,” stated Gill, talking on a stage arrange at Surrey Civic Plaza.

With lots of in attendance, health-care employees and native leaders together with Mayor Brenda Locke spoke on the necessity for drastic enhancements to health-care providers within the Fraser area.

“We’re bursting at the seams,” stated Gill, a doctor at Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH). “We’re absolutely getting crushed when it comes to the numbers.”

“Surrey, and the south Fraser for that matter, has been severely short-changed when it comes to infrastructure funding,” stated Locke.

One Surrey household physician in attendance advised CTV News she’s seen a gentle decline in high quality care and is much more involved for the longer term.

“I have an influx of patients every day, new patients that are telling me they can’t find GPs, they can’t find family doctors,” stated Dr. Nadia Kari. “I’m scared to see how it’s going to look in the next couple decades.”

Despite being one among Canada’s busiest hospitals, SMH does not at present have a level-one trauma centre.

On Friday, Health Minister Adrian Dix held a information convention at SMH offering an replace on the province’s 30-point measures to enhance well being providers within the Fraser area.

Dix stated the plan consists of extra staffing, extra beds, and improved cardiac, renal and maternity providers.

“That’s a step in the right direction,” stated Gill in response to Dix’s feedback. “But that doesn’t solve the overall problem for us.”

Gill says the issue stems from systemic underfunding of the area in comparison with equally populated areas comparable to Vancouver.

“Equity. We are a long time behind on what our infrastructure ought to be wanting like,” he stated.

Dix says he understands the health-care employees’ frustration because the City of Surrey and the province proceed to see hovering demand for affected person care.

“We have, at Surrey Memorial Hospital, over base-bed capacity every single day of this summer – every single day — and now we’re entering the challenge of respiratory illness season. So I’m with them,” Dix stated.

The province has promised important upgrades to be delivered to Surrey over the subsequent 18 months. Gill says he and his supporters will proceed to talk out till important change is made.