Eby has signed what his party calls its ‘public healthcare guarantee’ which promises to protect the system from changes that would charge patients for necessary care, let people pay to jump the queue or pull staff from public healthcare.
A new wave of medical schools is embedding students directly into the rural, Indigenous, and fast-growing diverse urban communities they intend to serve.
A four-week placement in a Cree community gave one McGill medical student a deeper understanding of culturally responsive care and showed how trust, relationships and community are central to better health.
Weeks before she died, Miranda Mamakwa had posted about missing four follow-up appointments after failing to get coverage for her medical travel expenses.
I like to live in the moment, but lately I’ve been wondering how my life and medical career might have gone if certain turning points hadn’t presented themselves.
Graduates of non-Canadian programs are required to sign an agreement to practise in rural or remote locations in B.C., something not required of Canadian medical school graduates.
