Health Care Crisis

• ‘I waited, I trusted’: B.C. woman with terminal cancer says health-care system needs help

  Sara Gilooly said at a press conference on Wednesday that while waiting for tests to be performed, her cancer spread from her breasts to her lungs and her bones.

  Health

  Jan 21
  
• A woman dying of cancer, and the struggle to get treatment to reduce her pain

  With a medical system plagued with long wait times, the Wasaga Beach, Ont., woman dying of cancer is running out of what little time she has left.

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  Feb 16, 2024
  
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• Ontario woman who beat stage 3 breast cancer calls out health system

  On Wednesday morning, Kittana Ruels, 46, rang the bell celebrating her last chemotherapy appointment, and it was a moment of elation but not one that came without its reservations.

  Health

  Feb 8, 2024
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• How to advocate for yourself and navigate a strained health-care system

  Here’s how you can advocate for yourself and receive the best treatment possible in Canada’s strained health-care system.

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2024
• B.C. teen waiting 7 years gets surgery cancelled again just hours before timeslot

  A Vancouver Island family is devastated after making a trip to the Lower Mainland this week for surgery only to have it cancelled two hours before it was scheduled to begin.

  Health

  Dec 20, 2023
• N.S. premier attends 4th health-care summit to find ways to aid overburdened system

  Nova Scotia health-care leaders met with Premier Tim Houston and Health Minister Michelle Thompson on Tuesday for the fourth health summit this year.

  Health

  Oct 10, 2023
• Emergency department at hospital in Oliver to undergo another temporary closure

  The South Okanagan General Hospital has announced yet another temporary ER closure. The emergency department has had several closures this year, including one on Tuesday.

  Health

  Oct 7, 2023
• Diabetic man waits hours for food at Halifax hospital, wife speaks out

  A Halifax-area woman is frustrated after her diabetic husband missed a meal during a stay at the Victoria General Hospital, and had another meal arrive several hours late.

  Health

  Sep 11, 2023
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• Community limits lifted on B.C.’s registry for residents who need family doctors

  The Health Connect Registry was a pilot program accessible only to patients in select communities. As of July 1, however, the waitlist has opened to all British Columbians.

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  Jul 5, 2023
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• Majority of British Columbians give ER wait times a failing grade: poll

  While British Columbians were almost evenly split on the overall state of the health-care system, a majority said they waited too long for treatment in the emergency room.

  Health

  Jun 9, 2023