37,000 additional MRIs
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We can do amazing things when we act together.
Just last week, the province announced a historic strategy to dramatically reduce surgical wait times and modernize our surgical system - by acting on recommendations we have been making for years.
But the good news doesn’t stop there.
Today, Health Minister Adrian Dix announced another huge investment in our public system—this time in MRIs and diagnostics. This public investment means an additional 37,000 MRI exams across the province this year so that British Columbians can get timely scans—and ultimately timely health care. [1]
For too long B.C. has allowed public MRI waits to grow while allowing a market for private MRI clinics to flourish. When faced... with long public waits, many patients were forced to consider paying up to $1,000 per scan at private, for-profit clinics. [2]
Tweet to your NDP MLA or BC government representative and show your support for boosting public capacity instead of allowing for-profit clinics to continue to prey on patients. Click here to use our Tweet Your Rep tool.
The BC Health Coalition applauds this huge public investment in MRIs in order to reduce diagnostic wait times and ensure our health care is based on need, not ability to pay. We’re thrilled this BC government is listening to the thousands of everyday people—like you—who took action to demand public solutions for wait times. [3]
Now, we need to make sure NDP MLAs and BC government representatives hear your support as they move forward and follow through on their commitment to increase capacity in our public health care system.
Click
here to send a Tweet to your NDP MLA or BC government representative
supporting this move by using our Tweet Your Rep
tool.
Thanks,
Rick Turner
BC Health Coalition Co-Chair
P.S. For more information and the BC Health Coalition's response to today's announcement, click here to read our press release.
Sources
[1] https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018HLTH0023-000505
[2] https://www.bchealthcoalition.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/private%20clinics%20report_2017.pdf
[3] http://www.votepublichealthbc.ca
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