Scheduled Surgeries

• B.C. ramps up surgeries as catchup continues on operations cancelled due to COVID

  Health Minister Adrian Dix says 99.8 per cent of the surgeries postponed in the first wave of COVID-19 have now been completed.

  Health

  May 4, 2022
  
• Premier Horgan suggests B.C. moved too quickly to postpone elective, scheduled surgeries

  Speaking on a broad number of issues in a year-end interview with Global News, B.C. Premier John Horgan says the province could have avoided pushing back many surgeries.

  Politics

  Jan 1, 2021
  
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• 52% of surgeries postponed due to COVID-19 now complete, B.C. health officials say

  Health Minister Adrian Dix and Ministry of Health consultant Michael Marchbank provided an update on B.C.'s surgical renewal strategy on Tuesday.

  Health

  Jul 21, 2020
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• B.C. announces plans to re-schedule 30,000 surgeries that were cancelled due to COVID-19

  Thousands of surgeries were put on hold to free up hospital beds in case of a surge in COVID-19 patients. 

  Health

  May 7, 2020
• AHS starts to work through backlog of surgeries after pause due to COVID-19

  Restarting some elective procedures this week is part of the province’s relaunch plan.

  Health

  May 4, 2020
• AHS starting up elective surgeries again welcome news for Edmonton woman on waitlist

  The province’s relaunch plan will see AHS start up some elective procedures on May 4 as restrictions in the province ease during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  May 1, 2020