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BC Man’s Cancelled Transplant Surgery Throws Spotlight on Health Specialist Shortage

28 February 2025 1:20 AM
BCI 24 News Network

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) said it is investigating after a staffing shortage led to the cancellation of a B.C. man’s lung transplant surgery.
Conservative MLA Brennan Day brought up the issue in the B.C. Legislature on Feb. 19, saying one of his constituents had contacted him after the man’s lung transplant was cancelled.
“He rushed to Vancouver General Hospital from the Island, late on a Friday night in February, only two weeks ago, only to have his surgery cancelled at the last minute due to a lack of a perfusionist—another casualty of B.C.’s chronic health care staffing crisis.” Day said during Question Period….