Immigrants Wait Longer for Surgery in B.C.

By Mata Press Service Immigrants in British Columbia are waiting longer for common elective surgeries than Canadian-born patients despite being treated within the same publicly funded healthcare system, according to a new study. The population-based study examined 159,151 elective general surgeries performed in B.C. between 2013 and 2021. Researchers found immigrants waited an average of 83.7 days…