Doctor shortage

EDITORIAL – Eby’s new plan for getting more doctors a drop in the bucket but…

November 28, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHENEVER THE DOCTOR SHORTAGE comes up for discussion, the issue of foreign-trained doctors usually comes up. Why, people ask, are so many [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Law should be changed to allow cities to give cash to doctors

September 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. RECRUITING DOCTORS is even harder than at first thought, according to a report to Kamloops City council yesterday. Council asked staff in [Continue]

PETERS – Prospect of change to doctors’ pay more promising than funding

August 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

THE PROVINCIAL FUNDING FOR FAMILY PHYSICIANS announced this week is a good sign — but not even the best piece of news coming out of that announcement. The funding itself is [Continue]

LETTER – Privatization would seriously reduce medical services to most of us

July 25, 2022 // 3 Comments

Re: Editorial – Who won and who lost in court’s rejection of private health care? For the past number of years I have enjoyed your comments on the news program [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – B.C. Clinics: a new business model for doctors

June 25, 2022 // 1 Comment

I SUGGEST that a new government agency, I’m calling BC Clinics, be established to deal with the crisis in accessibility to health care. The fee-for-service model no longer [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Neither NDP nor Liberals have answers to doctor shortage

May 5, 2022 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BAGGAGE OF PAST DEEDS weighs heavy on the shoulders of political parties that once formed government. Kamloops MLAs Todd Stone and Peter [Continue]

HEALTH – What can we do about Canada’s scarcity of doctors?

February 2, 2018 // 1 Comment

By STEVEN GLOBERMAN Senior Fellow The Fraser Institute While health care is a dynamic service characterized by the continual introduction of new drugs and medical devices, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Days of the family doctor may be coming to an end, but it’s okay

January 17, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ACCORDING TO A REPORT from the Canadian Medical Association last month, 15 per cent of British Columbians still don’t [Continue]

LETTER — Physician form just to make us feel better

July 19, 2015 // 2 Comments

LETTER — Almost two years ago our doctor retired and I managed to get the form, send it in by e-mail and deliver it in person. In the office of the “Family [Continue]