A Doable Solution to Canada’s Health Care Crisis
On September 20, CBC hosted a virtual town Hall with BC Health Minister Adrian Dix, as part of its Situation Critical series on the barriers British Columbians face in accessing timely and appropriate health care, on the province’ health care crisis: about a million without family doctors, hospitals operating over-capacity, some rural hospitals forced to close down, ambulances unable to respond to 911 calls, and five to eight hours of wait times in emergency rooms and urgent care facilities. All these because they have been seriously short-staffed and demands from patients have been overwhelming.