
News release confirms plans for three of the four new BC Cancer Centers to have PET/CT scanners; Kamloops excluded
KAMLOOPS — Discussions surrounding the Kamloops cancer centre have been ongoing since long before then Health Minister Adrian Dix announced the project was a go back in 2023.
For the Kamloops cancer centre there have been two main points of contention: the fact that the centre will operate under two health authorities and in two buildings on the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) campus, and the lack of a PET-CT scanner. The latter issue again garnering conversation with a BC Cancer news release confirming four new PET-CT scanners for three of the four new BC Cancer Centres.
“If the design of the Kamloops cancer centre was so top-notch, how come they are building Nanaimo to a different standard, how come they are building Burnaby to a different standard, how come they are building Surrey to a different standard at the exact same time they are building the Kamloops centre,” Kamloops-Centre MLA Peter Milobar questioned. “We are simply asking to be treated the same as the rest of the province. The mayors, the chiefs, the councillors from Williams Lake, all the way south to Merritt, the vast majority are all saying the same thing. Everyone is being ignored by this government. It’s time for David Eby to step in and fix this mess of a farce of a cancer centre project.”