Report finds B.C. surgery wait list has grown faster than population
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Report finds B.C. surgery wait list has grown faster than population
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January 15, 2019
Today's Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave. A new report from the B.C. Anesthesiologists' Society says that since 2002, surgical waiting lists have increased by about three times the growth rate of the provincial population. Linda Aylesworth reports.
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Report finds B.C. surgery wait list has grown faster than population
Description
January 15, 2019
Today's Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave. A new report from the B.C. Anesthesiologists' Society says that since 2002, surgical waiting lists have increased by about three times the growth rate of the provincial population. Linda Aylesworth reports.
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