BC Man’s Cancelled Transplant Surgery Throws Spotlight on Health Specialist Shortage

A ambulance drives past the emergency entrance of Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, on April 9, 2021. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) said it is investigating after a staffing shortage led to the cancellation of a B.C. man’s lung transplant surgery.

Conservative MLA Brennan Day brought up the issue in the B.C. Legislature on Feb. 19, saying one of his constituents had contacted him after the man’s lung transplant was cancelled.