Doctors and other health-care advocates describe an increasingly dire situation for cardiology in Nanaimo, one that’s worsened since last year when a Nanaimo doctor recommended people have their heart attacks in Victoria for the best care.

Almost 400 seats were filled at the Nanoose Place Community Centre on Thursday, Oct. 16, as the Fair Care Alliance updated the community on the past year’s advocacy for a hospital tower and cardiac cath lab, what has changed, and what has gotten worse.

“We wanted to update the public on what has been going on for the past year, we wanted the public to know Fair Care has not gone away,” said Donna Hais, alliance chairperson, speaking with the News Bulletin after the meeting. “We wanted the public to know we have been fighting behind the scenes all this

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