Wednesday, September 7, 2016

WHEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM FAILS

British Columbia shouldn't be allowed to bar patients from taking action privately to meet their own medical needs if the government is failing them in the public health-care system, a court has heard.
Peter Gall, a lawyer representing both a group of patients and the Cambie Surgery Centre in Vancouver, told B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday that the province's inability to provide its residents with timely access to health care violates their constitutional rights and can lead to prolonged suffering.
 

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