A British Columbia cancer doctor says he has no choice but to pack up and move to Ontario because the province failed to move on a promise to expand specialized care here.

In July 2024, Premier David Eby pledged that the province would begin providing gynecologic cancer surgery in Kelowna and the Fraser Health region.

Interior Health has since hired three specialists in Kelowna, but there has been no movement on filling positions in Fraser Health.

Gynecologic oncologist Dr. Gurdial Dhillon said with no opportunities to put his specialized skills to work here in B.C., he’s had to look elsewhere for work.

“I don’t want to, I will wait for a job to open in B.C. so I can apply again when the time comes, but for now I can’t have spent two plus or almost three years training to be a GYN on

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