Specialist wait lists for B.C. patients grow to 1.2 million people: doctors groups

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Specialist wait lists for B.C. patients grow to 1.2 million people: doctors groups

Two doctors groups in British Columbia say there is a “wait-list crisis” for specialists that is severely compromising the health and well-being of residents. Jack Morse reports.

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