How’s That Government Run Health Care Working Out Canada?

Conn Carroll / August 13, 2009

The Vancouver Sun reports:

Vancouver patients needing neurosurgery, treatment for vascular diseases and other medically necessary procedures can expect to wait longer for care, NDP health critic Adrian Dix said Monday.

Dix said a Vancouver Coastal Health Authority document shows it is considering chopping more than 6,000 surgeries in an effort to make up for a dramatic budgetary shortfall that could reach $200 million.
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Dr. Brian Brodie, president of the BC Medical Association, called the proposed surgical cuts “a nightmare.” (more…)