Last week it was the BC Nurses' Union demanding more nurses; this week it's BC Health Care Matters demanding more doctors. See a pattern here?
Hundreds have gathered on the lawn of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia under the banner of BC Health Care Matters to draw the the government’s attention to the current family doctor shortage.
The protest took place as a change.org petition of over 42’000 signatures was delivered to the floor of the legislature.
Several speakers, mostly health care professionals, took to the podium describing the current conditions on the front lines, telling us what we all already knew: the family doctor system is gravely underfunded. Over 900’000 people in the province do not have a family doctor, and even those who do struggle to make an appointment with them. Clinics are closing at an alarming pace. Securing a spot at a walk-in clinic is mission impossible. The ER is the new walk-in clinic, and brace yourselves for an all-nighter if you need to be seen by a doctor even there. And nurses cannot by themselves compensate for such an acute shortage… if only because they’re already critically short themselves.
Guess what nobody in the crowd wanted? An 800-million-dollar Royal BC Museum upgrade.
Ironically, a BC Liberals MP came to the podium denouncing the current situation, only to be kindly reminded by some outspoken protesters among the crowd that the Liberals largely contributed to this crisis; but then she was quickly forgiven when she pointed out that we don’t need an 800-million-dollar Royal BC Museum upgrade.
By the way, did I forget to mention that we don’t need an 800-million-dollar Royal BC Museum upgrade right now? Just to be sure.
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