Provincial paramedics, who sounded the alarm on ER closure earlier this week, have received support from Delta’s mayor.

George Harvie says he shares the concern of the paramedics about the ongoing, temporary closure of emergency room departments around the province.

“Residents are very worried with regards to having the ability to go to the emergency room when it’s necessary,” he told 1130 NewsRadio.

“We are also very worried with regards to the ambulance times. Delta for urgent calls, life-threatening calls, has the highest response time in Metro Vancouver.”

He argues that B.C.’s health care system is not working, and he thinks it will not be an easy fix.

“Because the current system is not working, it is broken, and I can not see it being repaired for decades. Terrible thing to say,

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