86
submitted 10 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

ER doctors say this season is the worst they’ve ever seen, and are now calling for real action to fix the crisis plaguing Canada’s healthcare system.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Brutal! So, from all the comments, it seems like BC is in terrible shape.

[-] Numpty@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's not any better in Alberta. :-(

In BC you can "play games" with the medical and go to smaller communities and find a Emergency Care Clinic that serves a smaller community.

Family doctors are impossible to get. There are more than a million people on the waiting lists.

To be fair, the government is making some progress on improving things. They've made changes to allow more doctors to be certified. They've pumped money into training programs (they pay a full salary and all tuition at university for some certifications). It's not perfect but it is something.

Edit: fixed some words that got mangled on mobile

this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2024
86 points (96.7% liked)

Canada

7206 readers
391 users here now

What's going on Canada?



Communities


🍁 Meta


🗺️ Provinces / Territories


🏙️ Cities / Local Communities


🏒 SportsHockey

Football (NFL)

  • List of All Teams: unknown

Football (CFL)

  • List of All Teams: unknown

Baseball

Basketball

Soccer


💻 Universities


💵 Finance / Shopping


🗣️ Politics


🍁 Social and Culture


Rules

Reminder that the rules for lemmy.ca also apply here. See the sidebar on the homepage:

https://lemmy.ca


founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS