BC Health Care Crisis

• 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
  
• ‘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
  
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• ‘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
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• ‘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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• B.C. pharmacists to treat minor ailments, prescribe contraception starting June 1

  About 75 per cent of eligible community pharmacists have completed the training required to be able to diagnose and prescribe medications for 21 minor ailments, like acne.

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  May 31, 2023
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• B.C. doctor trained in Ukraine advocates for more residency spaces for foreign grads

  Mahir Mohammed said when he applied, around 3,000 residency spots were open for aspiring family doctors but only 10 per cent of them were reserved for foreign graduates.

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  Mar 26, 2023
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• ‘A miracle’: Viewer gifts $20,000 so internationally-trained doctors can get certified in B.C.

  Marina Lousararian and Loicel Aguero are both trained specialists in their home countries, Argentina and Venezuela. But the cost of getting certified in Canada is very high.

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  Feb 10, 2023