Exclusion of Unvaccinated BC Health Staff Hurting Patient Care, Says Surgeon Who Filed Legal Petition

B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provides the latest update on the COVID-19 pandemic during a press conference at the legislature in Victoria on Oct. 22, 2020. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

A surgeon who filed a petition requesting a judicial review over the exclusion of B.C. health-care workers who are unvaccinated for COVID-19 says their absence hurts patients in the province.

Dr. York Hsiang and two other plaintiffs filed their petition in the B.C. Supreme Court on June 10 asking that a 2021 public health order requiring all medical staff to be vaccinated for COVID be quashed.