But one emergency room doctor called for more immediate action, saying those without a family doctor can’t afford to wait the years it will take to train a new generation of physician.
The official Opposition also wants the province to make it easier for internationally trained doctors to practise here and to increase the residencies available for international medical graduates from 56 a year to 150. “This is something that is important and significant over time, but not really as much related to the present crisis,” Dix said, noting that it takes years to build a medical school and produce medical graduates.
People who need emergency care after 8 p.m. can go to Vancouver General Hospital, St. Paul’s Hospital, or, for children and youth, B.C. Children’s Hospital. “I can think of one personal case where somebody had a life-threatening injury within a couple 100 metres of UBC Hospital,” he said. “They very well could have died if they had to be transported to Vancouver General Hospital.”
The NDP is not acting like there is any pressure on them.
Hmm. Fund more graduates to move to the US. Maybe the solution is to fund more physicians?
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