Advocates say lack of progress on Nanaimo hospital tower represents 'broken promise'

It's been a year since the premier made an election promise pledging a new hospital patient tower in Nanaimo, and a health-care advocacy group is now calling it broken promise.

The Fair Care Alliance has launched a new campaign it's calling 'Promises Made, Promises Broken' criticizing a perceived lack of progress on the file.

"We seem to still be ignored and nothing's come forth on the promise, so it's definitely time to step up again and say, 'hey, you got re-elected based on this issue in this area; how come nothing's happening?'" said Donna Hais, chairperson of the Fair Care Alliance.

Premier David Eby made the patient tower promise last September at an election campaign town hall at the Beban Park Social Centre, and at the same time, acknowledged the region's need for cardiac cathet