B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 Health minister Adrian Dix is defending the recent use of Peace Arch Hospital for a film shoot.

After Paramount crews and equipment were spotted filming a production on Dec. 15 at the hospital, local MLAs slammed the fact the White Rock hospital was being used to film a show instead of being used for health care.

At a Dec. 20 press conference in Richmond, Dix re-iterated what Fraser Health said in a previous emailed statement, emphasizing the area of the hospital used for filming was an 香蕉视频直播渦nused area of the hospital.香蕉视频直播�

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Dix said he would ask the health authority to look into how often the province香蕉视频直播檚 health facilities are used for filming.

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After the Dec. 14-15 film shoot, Surrey-White Rock MLA Trevor Halford said health care, not show business, should be the priority.

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His colleague, Surrey South MLA Elenore Sturko, who is also the shadow minister for mental health, addiction, recovery and education, echoed his frustration on X.

鈦�.鈦� is allowing a floor of Peace Arch Hospital to be used as a film set. Why not use this space to care for patients who are being sent to motels, or in hallways? Staff who are now going to the motel could have gone to PAH. Hospitals are for healthcare.

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It香蕉视频直播檚 sickening to know people at Surrey Memorial Hospital are being treated in hallways and motels while a floor of nearby Peace Arch Hospital is being used to make movies.

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In an emailed statement, Fraser Health said the decision to allow filming was made 香蕉视频直播渨ith careful consideration for patient care, operational needs and the overall benefit to our health care services.香蕉视频直播�

The health authority said no hospital services were impacted and full hospital operations maintained throughout the filming, which it said took place in a 香蕉视频直播渧ery small closed, non-active unit currently being prepared for upcoming renovations.香蕉视频直播�

The statement noted that filming in unused spaces at Fraser Health sites 香蕉视频直播済enerates revenue to directly support patient care and improve infrastructure.香蕉视频直播�

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Halford said he has nothing against movies or TV series being filmed on the Semiahmoo Peninsula.

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