31 Replies to “The Current State of B.C.’s Healthcare System”

  2. For $hits and giggles I like to ask the advocates of “Canada’s free healthcare” for a list of who currently is working for free at any hospital in Canada?
    The administration?
    The specialists?
    The surgeons?
    Those unionized nurses?
    The janitor?
    Anyone?

  3. FILTHY LIBERAL wait times. The Costume People are the ones filling the Hospitals up-East Indians West Indians and the Immature Whiney Indians we have here.

    Us 1200 Conservatives left in Canada are the only ones complaining.
    FILTHY LIBERALS say we shouldn’t complain……
    After all………IT’S FREE!!!!
    Just Like their FREE FREE Palestine.

  4. My resting heart rate has always been 50-60 and BP is 110/70
    For the past 3 months, I’ve woken up at 2..3.. AM unable to get back to sleep for 30-60 mins, during the day I’ve been unable to walk more than a block at normal pace without stopping or slowing to a snail’s pace due to pain in my arms and chest. I knew what the problem was, and having looked at the wait times and various specialties offered at Calgary local hospitals I’d decided I’ll just wait until that wait time is more aligned with what I was feeling that day. Yesterday Teresa said I’m obstinate, I told here straight up “NO I”M NOT” …
    I check my heart rate regularly, some nights it scoots up to 150 – 160, seemed high to me.
    10 days ago I woke up and the pain was 2x worse and thought this is too much I’m never going to return to sleep, I’ll just call an ambulance and hope I’m not one of those being undressed in the hallways as normal emerg. beds will be full.
    Sent 4 messages to my daughters, son, ex wife to let them know why I wouldn’t be sending a photo of the pancakes or blueberry cereal I’ll be having for breakfast as I normally do.
    Called 911, gal asked me a bunch of questions, “do you have any aspirin?” I asked 1/2 ways through if the ambulance was on its way and then told her I have to go as I can see the flashing lights out front the house from 2 ambulances.
    4 minutes wait, I don’t know why 2 ambulances arrived to wake up the neighbors.
    Arrived at Peter Lougheed Hospital (600 beds) about 3 AM and in the next hour had all the normal tests, heart rate at 140-150, a few ECG, met 8 nurses who said “I’m whoever and I’ll be your nurse, you’re so lucky” and 3 emerg. Dr’s who said something about how lucky I was. The 40 years old gal across from me in emerg. had a heart attack while shoveling snow for her employer, I thought, “wow, she’s so lucky for her that it happened at work”.
    Was visited by an internist, and a cardiologist who said to get me to Foothills Hospital (1100 beds) today, (they have 6 heart cath. rooms, NHL guy Lanny McDonald has been doing regular fundraising for them since his visit earlier this year)
    https://nationalpost.com/sponsored/news-sponsored/not-every-comeback-happens-on-the-ice
    Near 3 PM in the afternoon a perfectly beautiful EMT gal arrived to drive me to Foothills, directly across town in an ambulance only takes about 15 minutes, and as I was wheeled past their emerg. line up of +30 mostly dressed folks on beds in the hallway the EMT gals said, “wow, you’re so lucky” … (to not have to wait in line behind all these folks). Was taken directly to the Cath lab, it was explained to me what they’ll be doing, had 2 cardiologists with 6 staff all competing to see who was funniest in the O.R. today, non-stop jokes for 40 minutes, then 30 minutes of 100% serious as I watched them do their thing inside my heart on the monitors, then 10 minutes of more jokes, and I was wheeled out about 5 PM. Resting heart rate at 60 again. Zero pain, zero pain during the Dr.’s procedures or nurse’s needlework on my arms, and again, the cath Dr. and nurse jokes were a step up from normal, from both sides… truly a great team in there.
    Amazing, and I thanked ALL the Dr’s and staff nurses profusely for 100% excellent care and attention.
    Returned to Peter Lougheed Hospital in cardiology, the regular 2 to a room were filled, so I had a private room for the next 4 days, excellent care every day, blood work everyday at 6 AM, acceptable food.
    My daughter Mackenzie brought me 5 lbs of tangerines, a non hospital issue real toothbrush and actual toothpaste etc… I tell as many people who will listen to my rants, “be good to your kids, someday they’ll choose your long term care provider” and bring you some oranges during your hospital stays…

    I know it’s not like this for most folks, there are reports from folks who sit in emerg hallways for more than 24 hours, have uncaring fed up hospital staff. I never met any of those types.
    Yes, I bought a lotto ticket after this…

      1. Thanks Robert and D.B. … Some long term care may be warranted, but again, I have nothing but praise and thanks for the Dr.’s, nurses, staff who I met that day, 30 November 2025
        I think the average wait time is too long, in large part maybe because people use hospital emerg. as a go to instead of having a regular Dr. and no doubt because of an additional few millions permitted into the country in these past few years, all of them seeming to require medical attention, and not very many of them qualified to actually do anything more complicated than sweep a floor. I blame the federal gov’t and in particular, #Libranos … Folks will phone a Dr. to make an appointment and are told the Dr will see them in 5 weeks, so they go to a walk-in clinic and are told wait time is 4 hours, so they leave and go to the hospital emerg.
        In some emerg. rooms it appears more like the hospital has set a sign out saying, “now hiring” … and as long as the various provincial gov’t choose to keep single payor health care above reproach, there isn’t anyone else to blame but gov’t.
        Good to see the AB Gov’t making some headway against the monolith in the last month…

        https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/waittimes/Page14230.aspx

        1. You’re a lucky guy dude. We all have our hospital issues, but when there’s problems, especially with the ticker, sooner is better than later.
          At least you got immediate care.
          Here in Greenie Utopia, getting served in the hospital n any kind of reasonable time, with anything less than an OD, or bleeding out, is a joke.
          Might as well setup a tent in the emerg.
          The urgent care clinics are a joke, they just refer you off to the ER. Walk-in clinics? A relic of the past unfortunately. They worked very well, but of course the BC Government had to screw the doctors over with their fee schedule, and POOF! No more clinics. It’s been at least 10 years.

    3. Sorry for your troubles, get well soon.
      It’s not that our healthcare system is all bad, it’s just that it isn’t good.

    5. Marc … please tell me your kids are shoveling the snow for you too! And please tell me that what with all the healthcare money being spent on stents, monitors, specialists and fancy electronic equipment and whatnot … that none of the Doctors or Social Workers were ‘joking’ about MAID. I value your presence here.

      As to those hospital wait times … here is where I remind my fellow Americans that Obamakkare … which has been unaffordable to the people it was designed to help from day one … is set to become even MORE unaffordable after Jan. 1. Thanks Obama! You effing LIAR. You LIED about how ‘perfect’ the socialized Canadian healthcare system is … and how America is that only industrialized nation that allows its poor people to die without medical care (the biggest LIE of all).

      1. Thanks ADD and Kenji,
        Nope, I did have to shovel the walkway only though, (not driveway) it’s only 8″ deep so far and quite fluffy/light. I just have to push it not pick it up and toss it, (I think bending below waist level then lifting is really hard on a young man’s heart) and only about 50 feet and I ignored the rest.
        I did send the walkway post shovel photo to my daughters for which I’ve been sufficiently scolded.

        I was asked at about 5 AM on hospital arrival day as to how far I’d like the medical team to defend my life if I should begin to slide from this mortal coil, and I did mention that I’m declining any offer of MAID preemptively, and before it was mentioned to me, in that I declined as I’ve still got so many people to get even with… which made the Dr. Internist laugh…
        and really, if others laugh while they put up with me, I consider that a solid win. (note, I count laughing at me, and laughing with me, as equals).

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb1gPTu62fc

        1. You mentioned the mirth of your Doctors and Specialists … and now I know what triggered their humor. YOUR good humor.

          I hope you don’t mind me stealing your tag line if my orthopedic surgeon or anesthesiologist asks if I want them to revive me from my surgical sleep. Yep, I’ve got a long list …

          https://youtu.be/jcNlB2qusVY?si=aryK0KPzpUxyLHOU

          1. No worries for that, I think it’s important for people who work 10-12 hour shifts to feel like they’re dealing with someone who’d like to make it seem like it’s an 8 hour shift, and not like some asshole who makes your 8 hours seem like 12… I’ve always done this at regular work too.
            In a moment of darkness, I wished there were a couple of names already crossed out prior to Billy Madison being crossed off the list. Maybe scribbled out like Andrew Breitbart’s photo was scribbled out by a madman a decade past…

  5. Canada hides the real healthcare issue behind the “free” adjective.
    Canada actually has a Rationed Health Care System.
    If you can’t get care, is it really free?
    Typical Canadian Myth, lies from Government, approved by “Media” and believed by Canadian dolts.
    Government runs every aspect of Healthcare.
    Millions of doctors and nurses needed across the country.
    5000 cancer patients waiting for care in favored Quebec alone.
    You may as well take camping gear to the ER.
    Can Canadians get any more pathetic?
    Who knew so many Canadians were just plain stupid? Just wow.
    Who knew so many Canadians like to live on their knees, a lot apparently not even realizing it.
    Who knew so many Canadian women can’t wait to need a man to go for a walk and want simpler clothing choices, voting accordingly. Something about hoisting and petards.
    Something tells me that voting for a fake Conservative interregnum is not going fix things this time.
    Poor Canada.
    Phonier than a Constitution with a Section 1A.
    Deader than Napster.

  6. Free!
    When does infinite wait become denial of service?
    Especially a “service” you have been forced to pay in advance for.
    This is Can Ahh Duh,where dishonesty is so blatant,that truth must be censored.
    Free healthcare now consuming fewer tax dollars than interest on debt…
    “We borrowed it so you didn’t have to”..But would these same posers “Pay off that debt,so we don’t have to”…Rhetorical question.
    I am always amazed by the stupidity of Canadians.
    How do they manage to open a car door?

    The classic argument is about how costly medical treatment in the USA is compared to Canada.
    The obvious is always ignored.
    In the USA treatment is there to buy.
    In Canada you wait,no amount of wealth can buy nonexistent services.
    So those who can,go abroad for urgent care.
    Our healthcare is identical to a Soviet era store.
    With one exception,that being you have been taxed to the max,for this “free service” for decades..
    Suckers.

  7. I am much better today, but still “Fra-gel-e” (a nod to A Christmas Story). Became very sick on December 3, after my routine bloodwork every 3 months. I was shivery and shaking and throwing up quite a bit. Still managed to clean off the driveway and then would go back to bed ” to die”. Turns out, I had the “superflu” which is making the runs in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. I am in my 74th year, but as always, Lots of Rest, lots of fluids seems to be the answer. Just got back in after shoveling driveway this morning. My doctor wants some more bloodwork to establish a “baseline”. Be sensible people and take good care of your health.
    On a slightly different topic, my sister-in-law’s brother is a retired Vice President of TD Bank. Every year, he, his wife and his son and daughter have an intensive health work up to the tune of $ 15,000/person. His wife’s breast cancer was detected early (over 10 years ago) and she is healthy. His heart needed a double bypass, again detected 2 years ago. This happened on a Tuesday and because of the company’s connections, he was on the operating table 2 days later, having the double bypass. He is in very good health now (not a smoker, not a drinker, loves to play golf). You MUST always take good care of yourself, both physically and financially, that is just a fact of life.

  8. At least 2000 people die every month wile on a waiting list in Canada. Rationed care is a feature not a bug. We have 11 administrators for every one in Germany. We cling to the worlds only monopoly single payer system because it is protected by the politics of envy, resentment, and hatred, the three legs of statist psycho-epistemology.

  10. L – Marc in Calgary, I’m glad to hear you actually received a proper standard of care. You are one of the more valuable contributors here! Our Canadian health care is so mismanaged and especially so during the panic-demic.

    A couple of years ago, I spoke who works in an hospital. She described an ongoing inefficient storage/distribution system of one of the most necessary items. She described a simple fix that has been suggested. The manager in charge is aware of the solution, but refuses to act out of fear something might go wrong, that might, maybe… cause said manager to get fired. She said this attitude is common among managers in health care. Making it to pension is their highest priority.

    Our system of government is most accurately described as a bureaucracy.

  11. Wait times at emergency are used to deliberately piss people off. Hospital administration uses wait times when bargaining funding from politicians. Politicians are too stupid to realize what is going on. They don’t realize that no matter how much funding they give, administrators will never solve the problem. I’ve lived long enough to remember going to big city emergency and waiting 20 minutes. All they have to do is separately fund and account for emergency departments and wait times disappear.

    1. I was in hospital all day yesterday – not emergency.
      All the people were great (except one asshole in the OR).
      I – probably mistakenly – always thought it might be more economical for Walk-in Emergency Rooms to be separate entities/stand alone buildings from Hospital ER’s.

  12. Just remember, the Junkies and Jeets come before you!
    Junkies get special treatment because they’re repeat customers.
    The Jeets? Well, hey! Carnage has decided to import the third world in overwhelming numbers. Despite no past contributions, having never paid taxes, as soon as the step off the plan, they are entitled to FREE hospital care. That’s right, no denials, no refusal of service, because “we care”.
    Sure, they are asked to produce ID, Med# and credit card, but it’s Racissssssss to pursue them.

  13. The two times I went to emergency, once in Norway and once in Spain, I only had to wait about five minutes.

    1. I forgot one, that was in Thunder Bay, and it entailed a longer wait but nothing exasperating.

      I should add that all three were relatively minor medical issues.

  14. When I was in Anchorage last august, or maybe the one before, the wait for their ER was 9 minutes.

    1. As a Canadian living in America, you have no idea how many times I’ve heard, “OMG. you’re so lucky to be Canadian and have free healthcare!” Then I have to sit these folks down and explain reality to them.

  16. That website doesn’t work for Vancouver Island Hospitals.

    Until recently, Island Health wouldn’t post wait times online. In fact, they wouldn’t even tell you if you called the hospital.

    Now they post wait times, but they are historic wait times rather than real time.

    The CEO of Island Health is Kathryn MacNeil.

    Her total compensation for 2025 is $465,000.

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