Province Touts Number Of Surgeries Performed In B.C.

The province is touting its record after increasing the number of surgeries taking place in hospitals throughout BC.

The government says its surgical-renewal strategy delivered a record volume of summer surgeries and continues to deliver more surgeries than ever.

Through the strategy, as of August, B.C. performed 134,941 scheduled and unscheduled surgeries, which the province says is 6,288 more than compared to the same time in 2019, and 642 more than 2022.

In addition, all 24,488 surgeries postponed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic have now been completed or scheduled.

This summer alone, 4,661 more surgeries were performed during the weeks of June 28 and August 27 than the same period in 2019.

Other figures show operating rooms ran 234,870 hours, which is 13,702 more hours compared to the same timeframe in 2019 and 1,726 more hours compared to the same timeframe last year.

Since April of 2020, the province says it has hired 219 surgeons, 137 anesthesiologists, 385 perioperative nurses, and 120 medical-device reprocessing technicians to deliver more surgeries.