What BC’s Parties Are Promising on Health-Care Access
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Health care is usually a top election issue. But this year, old discussions are taking on new urgency.
Many British Columbians do not have a family doctor, and some people spend more than five years on wait-lists to get one. Emergency rooms often require patients to wait six hours or more for help. Once patients are admitted to hospital, they can linger for days in an emergency department while waiting for a bed to open up in an acute-care ward. Meanwhile, B. C. hospitals house many elderly residents who are waiting for rooms to open up in a nearby assisted-living or long-term care home.
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