Correcting healthcare providers who typically assume he’s heterosexual gets tiring for Jeremy Long, who wants his queer identity to be acknowledged and counted in electronic health records.
The number of people without a family doctor in B.C. has declined to about 895,000 from 980,000 in 2021, but the number is still too high, the health minister said.
The institute’s report found that only 25 of the 117 criteria laid out in the national standards could be found in the policies of all provinces and territories, as of December 2022.
Adrian Dix says the $366.5-million construction project now starting at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake will increase the hospital’s capacity and provide a modern working environment.