Mission Self Advocacy Group took part in a rally to keep Emergency rooms open at Mission Memorial Hospital

Mission Self Advocacy Group members attended a healthcare rally at the waterfront on Wednesday morning (April 22).

(Dillon White/Mission Record)

Mission Self Advocacy Group’s Jean-Pierre Maher was among those who attended the rally and signed the petition.  He said the reduced hours impacts members of the group, many of whom have disabilities and/or rely on public transit. “Transit buses would not be running later at night.

So (if) somebody had a medical emergency at 11 p.m. – how would they get to the Abbotsford Regional Hospital? Or how would they get to Maple Ridge if they did not have a ride? So this is unacceptable. 

Any member of the government that hears this, may you please do your best to fix this immediately, please,” Maher said.

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