{"id":281,"date":"2019-07-27T10:20:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T10:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theccf.ca\/yourhealthcantwait\/?p=281"},"modified":"2020-08-18T00:22:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T00:22:09","slug":"bruce-macdonalds-experience-with-bcs-healthcare-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theccf.ca\/yourhealthcantwait\/bruce-macdonalds-experience-with-bcs-healthcare-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce MacDonald&#8217;s experience with BC&#8217;s healthcare system"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"281\" class=\"elementor elementor-281\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ffef26 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ffef26\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f11280a\" data-id=\"f11280a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ee20c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"18ee20c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/xP3Z6L3fN4U&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-426b615 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"426b615\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a572a2\" data-id=\"4a572a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c056479 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c056479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This video was created by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondstreet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SecondStreet.org<\/a>, an organization that communicates public policy issues with interviews and conversations with regular Canadians.<br \/><br \/>Bruce MacDonald was told it would be a two- to three-year wait for a surgery he needed to alleviate sinus pain he described as &#8216;torture&#8217;.\u00a0Instead of waiting, Bruce went to a private clinic to give him his quality of life back.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>Stories like these are precisely why the CCF is supporting the Cambie Surgery Centre and the patient plaintiffs in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourhealthcantwait.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthcare freedom case<\/a>. The BC government wants to effectively shut down clinics like the one that helped Bruce return to a normal life. Canadians have a right to seek out care when the public system fails them and leaves them waiting without timely care.<br \/><br \/>CCF Staff Lawyer Derek From says in the above video:<\/p><blockquote><em>&#8220;If we can get a constitutional<\/em> decision<em> that recognizes that patients have a right to solve their own health problems in a timely fashion,\u00a0<\/em><em>with their own resources,\u00a0<\/em><em>it will completely revolutionize the way that healthcare is delivered in Canada. 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