The Canadian Health Coalition says cataract surgeries and other procedures should be done in public hospitals and public centres.
A proposed private eye care centre in Corner Brook would bleed out — not shore up — the province’s public health system, according to a national health-care advocacy group.
The Canadian Health Coalition says private surgical centres — similar to the one proposed in Corner Brook — cherry-pick the best doctors and the easiest cases, leaving government-run hospitals in worse shape than before.