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VANCOUVER - A family doctor who works in British Columbia and Alberta says patients who don't get the care they need before ending up in overburdened emergency rooms should be a focus for quick action by the country's health ministers as they meet in Vancouver.

Two years have now passed since the first COVID-19 case was publicly announced in B.C., and the second year of the pandemic saw wide distribution of vaccines and multiple new variants of the disease.

A day in the life of Surrey Memorials critical care unit, which has treated nearly half of B.C.s COVID ICU patients.

  VANCOUVER -- Declining COVID-19 case numbers have given many British Columbians hope for the summer. The province has promised if specific targets are met, residents could soon enjoy much more freedom. But for the professionals working tirelessly inside Surrey Memorial Hospital’s COVID-19 intensive care unit, the fight is far from over. "I think itll be pretty overwhelming when you sit and reflect on everything thats gone on because weve seen a lot, its been very traumatic," says Manjo...