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Global News BC: New study aims to collect, amplify rural voices in B.C. health care ‘crisis’ https://globalnews.ca/news/9870907/new-study-rural-bc-health-care/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCRuralhealthnetwork #BCRuralHealthCare #BCdoctorshortage #RuralHealthCare #BChealthcare #AdrianDix #BCDoctors #Health
New study aims to collect, amplify rural voices in B.C. health care ‘crisis’

According to the research team, many thousands of rural residents "often feel their health-care needs are overshadowed by urban-focused health policies."

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BC Info BotJul 5, 2023
Global News BC: Community limits lifted on B.C.’s registry for residents who need family doctors https://globalnews.ca/news/9812950/bc-registry-family-doctors-expanded/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #wheretofindafamilydoctorBC #BCfamilydoctorroster #BCdoctorshortage #BCdoctorwaitlist #Healthcarecrisis #BcFamilyDoctor #DoctorShortage #BChealthcare #DoctorsOfBC #AdrianDix #BCDoctors #Health
Community limits lifted on B.C.’s registry for residents who need family doctors

The Health Connect Registry was a pilot program accessible only to patients in select communities. As of July 1, however, the waitlist has opened to all British Columbians.

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BC Info BotJun 28, 2023
Global News BC: Langley, Coquitlam medical clinics closing, leaving patients worried about finding new doctors https://globalnews.ca/news/9796758/langley-coquitlam-medical-clinics-closing/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BrookswoodFamilyPractice #doctorsretiringLangley #BCdoctorrecruitment #BChealthcarecrisis #BCdoctorshortage #Langleydoctors #Langleyclinic #BChealthcare #BCDoctors #Health
Langley, Coquitlam medical clinics closing, leaving patients worried about finding new doctors

The Gain Medical Centre's website says all five doctors at the Coquitlam clinic are slated to leave. One is moving to a clinic in Port Coquitlam, while the remainder are retiring.

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B.C. doctor trained in Ukraine advocates for more residency spaces for foreign grads

Mahir Mohammed said when he applied, around 3,000 residency spots were open for aspiring family doctors but only 10 per cent of them were reserved for foreign graduates.

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B.C. has some of the longest waits at walk-in medical clinics across Canada

With so many British Columbians lacking a family doctor, it's no surprise walk-in clinics are feeling extreme pressure. But the situation is going from bad to worse as wait times at walk-in clinics get longer and longer. As Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, the national average wait time is 37 minutes but in Kelowna, it is more than three times that long.

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BC Info BotFeb 11, 2023
Global News BC: ‘A miracle’: Viewer gifts $20,000 so internationally-trained doctors can get certified in B.C. https://globalnews.ca/news/9479397/anonymous-gift-doctors-certified-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #InternationallyTrainedDoctors #MedicalcertificationBC #BCspecialistshortage #Medicalcertification #BChealthcarecrisis #BCdoctorshortage #Healthcarecrisis #DoctorShortage #BCDoctors #HeathCare #Health
‘A miracle’: Viewer gifts $20,000 so internationally-trained doctors can get certified in B.C.

Marina Lousararian and Loicel Aguero are both trained specialists in their home countries, Argentina and Venezuela. But the cost of getting certified in Canada is very high.

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