"British Columbians wait 24 weeks when in need of an MRI, compared to the national average of 11.1 weeks. The data was collected by surveying physicians across 12 specialties between January and April of this year.

The survey also says the median wait time in the province from specialist to treatment is over 25 weeks."

"The Fraser Institute report says B.C. patients are waiting a median of 24 weeks for MRIs, the same as the previous year. That time period is double that in many other provinces and four times longer than Ontario. Patients waiting for CT scans didn’t fare that much better, waiting a median of five weeks in B.C., a figure that has not budged in three years."