The Life and Times of J.Z. Garrod

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Quality of Care? If you’re in B.C., not so much.

 Healthcare cartoon

Here’s an interesting article detailing how the B.C. government along with local health authorities will not release facts regarding quality of care in B.C. hospitals.

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=89da9cf2-a765-4f06-b823-8d24dd11cb55

From the article: “You can get information on the Internet to compare quality of restaurants and hotels but not publicly funded hospitals in B.C.,” 

You mean some people would rather go to a good hospital rather than a shitty one? Phsaw! says the B.C. government, poor care for everyone! And transparency? Forget about it!

 So much for informed choice, eh?

 ’Till next time.