Performing minor surgeries in rural hospitals could help improve the provincial surgery backlog without cutting corners on the quality of health care, according to one rural health expert. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published June 30, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/30/Rural-Hospitals-BC-Surgery-Wait-Times/

How Rural Hospitals Could Cut BC’s Surgery Wait Times

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