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Issue: BCMJ, vol. 58, No. 9, November 2016, [1] Page 498 Letters
By: Michael A. Ross, MD, FRCSC [2]

For most families in BC the dinner hour of 6 p.m. and onward is a time for coming together to eat and enjoy some relaxation after the work of the day. For a family or individual to be deprived of this expectation requires some compensation. MSP is morally wrong in not compensating surgeons and their assistants for the loss of this sweet time, disruption of meals, and reduced family togetherness if an operation starts before 6 p.m. and continues to 11 p.m. Cynically, MSP pays at night rates for the few procedures that start before 8 a.m. and continue into business hours. Such extra payment is not indicated and makes further mockery of what is then incorrectly called out-of-office hours premiums.
—Michael A. Ross, FRCSC
Victoria

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