MLA Danielle Adams is calling on the provincial government to invest in northern healthcare, after hearing concerns of surgeries being delayed at the local hospital due to high humidity.

In her report, Adams says she reached out to the Northern Health Region regarding the delayed surgeries at the Thompson General Hospital, and explains that the health authority says the reason for the high humidity is due to a number of systems in the hospital need to be replaced.

She states one of these systems is the Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning System, which leaked and flooded three of the four operating rooms last summer.

Adams says the PCs are putting the newly renovated ORs at risk by not replacing the AC system, claiming that not replacing it would cost taxpayers more money.

She adds that the delays are putting northern patients under more stress, as they have to look for alternative sites to have their surgeries done such as Winnipeg.