Surgeries to be Cut Due to Govt. Underfunding

Kevin_Kennedy

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Aug 27, 2008
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Vancouver patients needing neurosurgery, treatment for vascular diseases and other medically necessary procedures can expect to wait longer for care, NDP health critic Adrian Dix said Monday.

Dix said a Vancouver Coastal Health Authority document shows it is considering chopping more than 6,000 surgeries in an effort to make up for a dramatic budgetary shortfall that could reach $200 million.

Thousands of surgeries may be cut in Metro Vancouver due to government underfunding, leaked paper

Another example of the inefficiency of government run healthcare.
 

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