Dr. John Shepherd, (right) Vice-President of Patient Safety of Vancouver Coastal Health Authority speaks about the need for the Health Employees Union to end their strike and provide the needed patient care during a press conference, as Dr. Doug Cochrane (middle) Vice-President of Medical Affairs and Quality of Provincial Health Services Authority and Children's & Women's Health Centre of B.C. and Dr. Simon Sutcliffe President B.C. Cancer Agency, look on, in Vancouver Sunday, May 2, 2004. HEU members have refused to obey the back to work legislation passed by the provincial government last week. (CP PHOTO/Richard Lam)