BC health care crisis

B.C. man waits 9 hours to see a doctor after suffering stroke while driving

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A Tsawwassen, B.C., man says he could have died waiting for an ambulance after suffering a stroke. Layne French, 36, was driving through the Massey Tunnel on March 13 when the stroke happened. He said he was sitting in some traffic when he coughed, then felt a pain on his right side and what felt … Read more

‘Always noise’: B.C. senior spends 9 days in hospital hallway due to overcrowding

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A Vancouver Island senior says no one else should have to endure what he went through recently at Victoria General Hospital. Eric Roberts, 87, spent nine days in the hospital hallway after he was admitted on Feb. 24 for an infection. There were no rooms available so Roberts was left in the hallway, where the … Read more