BC Ready to Cancel Surgeries as Respiratory Cases Flood Overcrowded Hospitals

BC Ready to Cancel Surgeries as Respiratory Cases Flood Overcrowded Hospitals
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix pauses while speaking during an announcement in Burnaby, B.C., on May 30, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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Plans to make room for patients with respiratory illnesses by cancelling surgeries are in place in British Columbia hospitals, says Health Minister Adrian Dix, as parents worry about long emergency room waits with sick children.

But the province has yet to reach the point of scrapping operations, said Dix Thursday, as he faced Opposition calls for his resignation.