Some rural mayors call for end to vaccine mandates to address health staffing shortages
He said with 80,000 vehicles a day passing by Merritt on the Coquihalla Highway, “there’s always going to be an incident somewhere along the way where somebody may have to go to the hospital and if the ER is closed, and they have to go to Kamloops or Kelowna.”
But Dix told Postmedia News on Tuesday that he was firm that the province has no plans to lift the vaccine mandate. “We’ve looked across the country, British Columbia is certainly standing on its own,” she said. “There should be a very significant conversation about what a pathway back to employment looks like in British Columbia,” for unvaccinated health workers.
Fairbairn is frustrated that the community’s emergency room has been closed since Sept. 29, 2021, a measure that was supposed to be temporary. A medical clinic remains open in the community of about 3,000 people which is 161 kilometres northeast of Cranbrook. Kornelsen, who has studied the inequities in access to health care between rural and urban residents, conducted a survey of 381 rural citizens and found they spent on average $856 for transport and $674 for accommodation for a medical need, such as a surgery once pre-surgery consultations and testing are included. This increased stress on patients and reduced the likelihood of seeking medical care for serious health issues.
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