Ms. Que Banh<p>*Me, my Mom &amp; my youngest brother are some of the many thousands of patients in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> who have been on the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WaitingList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaitingList</span></a> for a new family <a href="https://beige.party/tags/doctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctor</span></a> since our previous GPs retired.*</p><p>When the province introduced its <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HealthConnectRegistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthConnectRegistry</span></a> in 2021, we were told this would help <a href="https://beige.party/tags/patients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patients</span></a> to find a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FamilyPhysician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyPhysician</span></a>.</p><p>About 900,000 <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbians</span></a> have no doctor, and while the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> Ministry continues to announce the recruitment of new <a href="https://beige.party/tags/physicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physicians</span></a>, that number has remained fairly constant for years.</p><p>Yet the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/inability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inability</span></a> of the Registry to make meaningful progress is only one of its failings.</p><p>More troubling is that the Registry makes no attempt to place patients based on their age or <a href="https://beige.party/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> condition. This conflicts with one of the basic principles underlying medical practice, that faced with an inability to treat everyone who needs help, those with the most pressing requirements should come first.</p><p><a href="https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/editorial-tell-us-where-we-stand-in-queue-for-a-doctor-9358753?utm_source=Times+Colonist+Headline+News&amp;utm_campaign=b06b386dfc-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_d22ba5c6e6-a978a9ba3c-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&amp;mc_cid=b06b386dfc&amp;mc_eid=48512ab3b3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">timescolonist.com/opinion/edit</span><span class="invisible">orial-tell-us-where-we-stand-in-queue-for-a-doctor-9358753?utm_source=Times+Colonist+Headline+News&amp;utm_campaign=b06b386dfc-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_d22ba5c6e6-a978a9ba3c-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&amp;mc_cid=b06b386dfc&amp;mc_eid=48512ab3b3</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WeNeedFamilyDoctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeNeedFamilyDoctors</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FireBonnieHenry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FireBonnieHenry</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HealthCareCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCareCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BChealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BChealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopEugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopEugenics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCPublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCPublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNewDeathParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNewDeathParty</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HealthCareFailures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCareFailures</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AdrianDix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdrianDix</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BonnieHenry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BonnieHenry</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EbyTheEnabler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EbyTheEnabler</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DavidEby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidEby</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FamilyPhysicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyPhysicians</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WeNeedDoctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeNeedDoctors</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OathbreakerBonnie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OathbreakerBonnie</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BootBonnieHenry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BootBonnieHenry</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a></p>