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Record number of surgeries performed in B.C. in 2022, pandemic catchup almost done

Between 2022 and the end of March, staff performed 350,886 surgeries across the province, an increase of four per cent from the same timeframe between 2019 and 2020.

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B.C. hospitals struggle with surgery backlog but leads provinces in progress: report

'You can't grow a nurse or a doctor overnight, so it is going to take a little bit of time for us to get out of this tough situation,' an official said of B.C.'s surgical backlog.

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B.C. making progress in clearing surgical backlog amid staffing issues

The week before Christmas, health authorities completed nearly 4,700 surgeries across the province, and the week before that almost 7,500 surgeries were completed.

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