The Manitoba NDP is calling on the provincial government to invest more in northern healthcare.

This follows news that the Thompson General Hospital has closed three of its four operating rooms after sustaining water damage from the roof.

Party Leader Wab Kinew says the Pallister Government under spent its health care budget by one hundred million dollars last year, adding that the PC’s quote “refused to act on the replacement of the roof” for the hospital.

The province announced that it would fund the replacement of the roof in February 2018, which they reiterated last month, though there is currently no timeline announced for the project at this time.