The Premier of B.C. is turning heads after a rather heated exchange over family doctor shortages while in Question Period in the B.C. Legislature Monday (April 25).
At the time of the incident, B.C. Liberal MLAs were pointing to Health Minister Adrian Dix and Premier John Horgan for inaction in response to a report that has found one-in-five British Columbians currently donB次元官网网址檛 have a family doctor.
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A 10-minute recess was called by House Speaker Raj Chouhan shortly after.
Since the afternoon debate, the Liberals have asked for an apology, while Horgan took to Twitter acknowledging the slip-up, writing: B次元官网网址淚f my mom was still around, sheB次元官网网址檇 be on her way to the Legislature with a bar of Irish Spring.B次元官网网址�
An online petition calling on the province to take action on the doctor shortage has been signed by more 31,000 people since it was launched three months ago.
Victoria and Kelowna residents face the longest wait times to access doctors via walk-in clinics, according to a report last week , a Canadian tech company that allows patients to see wait times at various clinics virtually and in some regions check in virtually, as well.
If my mom was still around, she'd be on her way to the Legislature with a bar of Irish Spring.
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