That also has MLA Todd Stone nervous as he awaits a shovel in the ground next year.
“Disappointed that timing is being pushed out again. Not convinced that it will be open in 2028. Frankly, we hope it would be sooner than that,” said Stone, MLA for Kamloops-South Thompson. “In terms of what we would do, we would do everything we can to accelerate the timetable to get this thing built and open sooner.”
In November, Dix responding to a question in the legislature mentioned a PET-CT Scanner for Kamloops.
“The only PET-CT scanners that existed when I became minister of health, Honorable Speaker, was in Vancouver. We’ve added in Kelowna and Victoria. We are adding in multiple other communities as we add cancer centres in Nanaimo and in Kamloops and in Surrey and in Burnaby, Mr. Speaker,” said Dix on November 28, 2023.
When asked about that statement on Thursday, the minister said a PET-CT is not currently in the $359-million plan.
“There is not one planned for Kamloops cancer centre yet, but we are also looking at expanding this technology across the province. But it’s not part of this plan,” clarified Dix.
“It’s not in the plan. And there is one going into the Kelowna cancer centre,” stated Stone. “We think that the time to put the state-of-the-art technology that the people of Kamloops and the region deserve would be when you are actually building the centre from scratch. But again, the minister said one thing only months ago and a different thing is happening today.”
