B.C. doctors claim annual cap on bariatric surgeries costing health care system millions

Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave. Bariatric surgeries can greatly reduce the risk of serious health problems and even early death – but B.C. doctors claim the current cap of 400 procedures per year is costing the provincial government millions of dollars in unnecessary health expenses. Linda Aylesworth explains.