Western Standard - August 29, 2022


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2 minutes

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Word count

356

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14

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One million British Columbians are currently without a family doctor and remain unable to get one. As for BC healthcare workers, those in hospitals, long-term care, and community care settings must be vaccinated against COVID in order to work.

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00:00:00.000 Drivers on the West Kelowna stretch of BC's Highway 97 saw a massively displayed message
00:00:05.780 from some of the province's unvaccinated doctors. A billboard from the Canadian Society for Science
00:00:11.180 and Ethics in Medicine reads, quote, allow us to do our part to help BC's collapsing healthcare.
00:00:17.180 Healthcare strains due to staffing shortages are felt across the province and officials remain
00:00:21.520 firm on maintaining vaccine mandates, blocking some doctors and healthcare workers from their
00:00:26.540 ability to work. Putting a spotlight on the lack of access to primary care, the BC College of Family
00:00:31.920 Physicians recently said one million British Columbians are currently without a family doctor
00:00:36.360 and remain unable to get one. A research poll released by the college in April shows 40% of
00:00:41.860 those who do have a family doctor in BC are worried they will be lost to practice closure or retirement.
00:00:47.760 As for BC healthcare workers, those in hospitals, long-term care, and community care settings
00:00:53.400 must be vaccinated against COVID in order to work. To address the growing lack of access to family
00:00:58.560 physicians, the provincial government, in unison with doctors of BC, announced Wednesday it will
00:01:04.120 provide a $118 million stabilization fund to family doctors in an effort to ensure patients continue to
00:01:11.420 have access to primary care. As for nurses, the province previously announced it will allocate $12
00:01:16.920 million to help internationally educated nurses enter the healthcare system in a more streamlined manner.
00:01:22.660 Bursaries for at least 1,500 nurses to help pay assessment fees will also be included in the
00:01:28.000 first year, as well as a marketing campaign to promote BC as a quote, desirable destination for
00:01:34.460 internationally educated nurses. What hasn't been considered is the removal of the remaining proof 0.85
00:01:39.480 of vaccination mandates, and the society intends to reverse that.
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