BC Health Care Crisis

• Family says B.C.’s health care system failed them and led to the death of their son

  Brennan Day, the MLA for Courtenay-Comox, said the Ministry of Health needs to do a deep dive into how the system failed Brayden and his family.

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  Jul 8, 2025
  
• ‘Verge of collapse’: Abbotsford surgeon says hospital conditions are ‘unsafe’

  "Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre provides tertiary care to about 600,000 people from Langley through Hope and surrounding communities," Dr. Greg Lewis said.

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  Sep 26, 2024
  
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• Are non-B.C. patients jumping the health-care queue?

  As B.C. residents wait to see specialists or undergo surgery, it has come to light that out-of-province patients don't have long waits.

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  May 27, 2024
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• B.C. man waits 9 hours to see a doctor after suffering stroke while driving

  He said he was sitting in some traffic when he coughed, then felt a pain on his right side and what felt like a kick to the back of the head.

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  Mar 21, 2024
• ‘Always noise’: B.C. senior spends 9 days in hospital hallway due to overcrowding

  When asked about Roberts' situation, Premier David Eby said it is hard enough to be sick and have to require treatment, let alone have that treatment in a hallway.

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  Mar 21, 2024
• ‘Abandoned by the system’: Prince Rupert family shares health-care horror story

  Health Minister Adrian Dix said the government has done "a lot of work in Prince Rupert over the last year." But he acknowledges it has been a challenge to recruit doctors.

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  Mar 20, 2024
• ‘The worst fear’: B.C. mother of neurodivergent child angry about missed diagnosis

  Margo Levae's son, Wyatt, was only seven-and-a-half years old when she noticed her previously good sleeper was starting to wake up in the night.

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  Mar 8, 2024
• B.C. woman’s death blamed on health care gaps and lack of family doctor

  Family and friends of a young shelter worker in Nanaimo are speaking out about her death from an undiagnosed serious infection.

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  Feb 27, 2024
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• B.C. proposes change to allow physician assistants to work in emergency rooms

  Public consultation can be provided for the next seven days and if approved, the bylaw will allow physician assistants to work in ERs under the direction of physicians.

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  Sep 27, 2023
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• Langley, Coquitlam medical clinics closing, leaving patients worried about finding new doctors

  The Gain Medical Centre's website says all five doctors at the Coquitlam clinic are slated to leave. One is moving to a clinic in Port Coquitlam, while the remainder are retiring.

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  Jun 27, 2023