B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix announced Wednesday that a new 300-bed long term care facility will be built on the grounds of Langley Memorial Hospital, although the building won’t open for six years.
Dix, flanked by local MLAs, the heads of Fraser Health and the Langley Community Health and Hospital Foundation (LCHHF), and a seniors care advocate, said it is a response to the fast-rising local population, and the even faster-growing number of seniors in the Langley area.
“They are not the sole long term care beds that we need, but it’s a pretty good start,” Dix said.