B.C. reveals plan to resume surgeries postponed because of COVID-19

By Glen Korstrom / Business in Vancouver
Government plans to pump an extra $250 million into getting the surgeries done

The B.C. government plans to spend $250 million in the next year in an attempt to reduce its surgical wait list that includes at least 30,000 needed surgeries that were put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic prompted the government to postpone about 14,000 surgeries, while an additional 16,000 would have been scheduled, but were not because the government wanted to ensure that there were sufficient empty hospital beds to accommodate any potential spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations.…

Source:: B.C. reveals plan to resume surgeries postponed because of COVID-19

• Whistler News

May 7, 2020

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