Dr. Robert Carruthers, a B.C. neurologist, said he recently heard about a case of a young woman who had suffered what he described as a stroke in her eye.

The woman was referred to a hematologist, but her appointment won’t be until September 2026.

That, he said, is “much, much too long.”

Carruthers is president of the Consultant Specialists of British Columbia, an advocacy organization representing specialists such as obstetrician-gynecologists, neurologists and cardiologists, that launched a campaign Tuesday to draw attention to the 1.2 million British Columbians it says are languishing on wait lists for specialist care.

He said the Ministry of Health currently has no idea what the wait times are because there is no standardized database that shows up-to-the-minute wait times, and tha

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