The province is under intense pressure to address a health care crisis. One in five people in B.C. don\u0027t have a family doctor.
Horgan is at odds with the federal NDP — which has made national dental care a plank of its power-sharing agreement with the Liberal government — saying the focus should be on shoring up the existing health-care system rather than creating a new one.
The province is under intense pressure to address a health care crisis as many family doctors have closed their practice, leaving about 900,000 British Columbians, or one in five people, without a family doctor.Article content “I absolutely understand the frustration and I have real-time practical experience here,” said Horgan, who in January finished 35 sessions of radiation at the Victoria Cancer Clinic. “I was in a hospital bed where the nurse did the evening shift and the morning shift because there was no one to replace her. She wanted to go home, she was exhausted, but she stayed because there was no one to replace her. So it’s not just about GP. It’s about nurses, nurse practitioners.
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