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B.C. government criticized for lack of funding for medications and rare conditions; but happy to use taxpayer-funded health funds for expensive news ads and propaganda while the sick suffer Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/10428558/…

Crisis after crisis met with excuse after excuse.
Dozens of B.C. surgeries postponed due to shortage of key operating room specialists | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/10420145/…

And judges making such decisions are allowed to access private care since they are exempt from the restrictions imposed on ordinary Canadians!

From the Canadian Medical Association

cma.ca/change-made-re…

The CMA wants to initiate change…but is silent regarding their own existing policy which is:

I was at school with McCartney and Harrison. Another school mate introduced them to John Lennon and the Beatles became a reality. Lennon’s lyrics (see text) in the song “Imagine” need to be heeded by world leaders. People don’t make war over race or religion. Their leaders do.

From Bad to worse - and no end in sight:
Canadians waiting longer for priority surgeries and diagnostic imaging compared with pre-pandemic period cihi.ca/en/news/canadi…

Government logic: Slots, yes: surgery, no? SecondStreet.org
youtu.be/H5TKWkscY58?si… via YouTube

Maybe time for NDP to admit their guilt in cutting back medical school intake (and closing nursing schools) in the 90's? Not sure why BC United Caucus and Conservative Party of BC are not making health care the number one election issue.
vancouversun.com/news/local-new… via The Vancouver Sun

The “the busiest emergency department in the country” can’t offer emergency CT scans! BC Government ineptitude in health care planning is exposed again. bc.ctvnews.ca/staff-shortage…

⁦The Vancouver Sun⁩-“One study from the United States showed that the risk of death doubled for patients waiting more than 12 hours for a hospital bed. In B.C., the median time that in-patients are kept in the emergency departments is 17.5 hours”. ⁦BC govt. is killing patients

A new Angus Reid poll shows that, of the 3 major B.C. parties, the NDP is the most trusted on health care. It’s was the NDP that decades ago cut back medical school intake and closed nursing schools and has led to our crisis. Maybe Carlin was right! globalnews.ca/news/10372504/…

BC Appeal Court diagnosis: 'Wait times in considerable measure flow from government rationing of health care.' The system 'is intentionally under-designed in order to achieve fiscal sustainability; 'That waiting inherently carries the risk of death.'
bc.ctvnews.ca/giving-up-on-b…

Pharmacare: A stark reality check by Susan Martinuk fcpp.org/2024/03/01/pha… via @frontiercentre

Ottawa Hospital rents out unused ORs on the weekend resulting in 1,000 extra people getting hip and knee surgery at a reduced cost to the taxpayer. Sounds like a good idea. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new…

nationalpost.com/opinion/jordan…
⁦Dr Jordan B Peterson⁩ in @NationalPost summarizes the sad state of Canada today

Ontario's health-care agreement with Ottawa will not fix broken system: ⁦Macdonald-Laurier Institute⁩ ⁦National Post⁩ by ⁦Shawn D. Whatley⁩ macdonaldlaurier.ca/ontario-health…

'Feb24: Dr Brian Day. Is it time to increase private healthcare delivery options in Canada?' by Roy Green Show megaphone.link/CORU3616566532

I spoke with a visiting surgeon from Berlin yesterday. I asked how long patients wait for a total hip or knee replacement.
“There’s quite a long wait in the public system”, he said. It could be as long as 5 or 6 weeks”.
“However”, he added, “It’s just days in the private system!”

64 regional VPs, 11 times the public health bureaucrats Germany has per capita, our BC government prioritizes administrative spending over spending on patient care and the recruitment of health workers.