U.S. doctors do not need more training Re: “Access to health care in Victoria is at a third-world level,” commentary, Aug. 31. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C.
shares the concerns many British Columbians have about the lack of access to family physicians in our province and is committed to being a part of the solution.It inaccurately stated the College requires physicians who have worked and trained in the U.S. to undertake “an enormous amount of extra education and tests” in order to practise in B.C.
The College recognizes that finding a family physician can be a difficult and even frustrating experience for many people. We will continue to work with the provincial government and other partners to address B.C.’s human health resourcing issues so that British Columbians can receive accessible and timely care from a family physician.B.C.’s health-care crisis has deep roots The health-care crisis began in the mid-1990s when doctors and their patients started retiring.
Health-care cutbacks are a false economy. Putting a bandage on a symptom cures nothing. The monetary and human costs we must now work through are staggering.Loyalty and family mattered to MacMinn Thank you so very much for your fine tribute to my beloved father-in-law, George MacMinn. It was a major highlight of George’s days. There wasn’t a person on Earth that could have been better to me than our beloved George as my father-in-law.
In Canada, one has only to look at Vancouver and Toronto, which have massively increased their density over the past decades to provide more housing and “affordability.” That has been quite the success, hasn’t it? Another example of the rush to change the character and livability of the city is that the community plans of Harris Green, James Bay and others are routinely overridden to allow more dense structures.