“Physicians want to be supported. They don’t want to work in a system that is failing. And under the present government, it is failing" ~~ Dr. Anna Kindy, BC Conservative Health Critic
“If patients cannot get the diagnostics or procedures they need by the established benchmark time, then the BC government must pay for them to seek testing and treatment in the U.S. or another country,” said Dr. Anna Kindy, Conservative MLA for North Island and official opposition health critic. “This is about guarantee of care.” “One year for a Parkinson’s patient to see a neurologist in Vancouver. One and a half years for an individual to get a pacemaker in Campbell River. Three months for a PET scan, in which time treatable cancer can become palliative. And now, nine months for women across the province to obtain follow-up cervical cancer testing. These are the wait times I’m hearing about, and they are unacceptable,” said Kindy. Patients who have tested positive for high-risk strains of HPV (a precursor to cervical cancer) must see a specialist within eight weeks, according to the BC Cancer Agency benchmark. But a CTV News report revealed these women are waiting six ...