‘Vindication’ says minister after supreme court rejects B.C. private health care appeal
Minister of Health Adrian Dix has hailed Thursday’s Supreme Court of Canada decision against a Vancouver surgical centre a “vindication” of the public health care system.
The centre had launched a case against the provincial Medicare Protection Act with the argument that it denies patients the right to timely care, citing S. 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, guaranteeing security of person and right to life. “Last year, more than 11,000 Canadians died waiting for surgeries, diagnostic scans and appointments with specialists, according to the think tank SecondStreet.org,” he wrote in the Globe and Mail in Nov. 2022. “The Globe and Mail found that, as of this summer, only one in five British Columbians referred to an oncologist received a first consultation within the recommended period of two weeks, despite the importance of timely treatment in cancer care.
“As of March 2, 2023, we have performed surgeries for over 99 per cent of patients whose procedures were postponed during the pandemic’s various waves,” Dix said. “We continue to make exceptional progress, performing more surgeries than ever before and B.C. now ranks first nationally for the percentage of patients meeting clinical benchmarks for cataract surgeries and second for both hip and knee replacements.
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