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Brian interviews Giselle Mettam. Giselle is Executive Director and Co-Founder of Metta Health. She is passionate about high-quality healthcare, with 22 years of experience in the UK National Health Service. Now a business owner providing medical concierge services, she’s connected to a network of over 700 consultants and support national and international clients to access safe, high-quality private healthcare in the UK, fast! We discuss medical tourism into the UK from Canada. Is two-tier health care good, a reality or the end of our health care system?

Guest: Megan Ogilvie and Kenyon Wallace, reporters

A group of orthopedic surgeons is leasing operating rooms from Ottawa’s biggest hospital. It’s a controversial move that the company says will help alleviate surgery wait-times in the province. But health care advocates are concerned and want more information about the arrangement. Why is a private corporation operating inside a public hospital? And will we see more of this in the future?

This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar.

Audio sources: Global News and CPAC