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	Podcast:		White Coat, Black Art on CBC Radio
	Episode:		Testicles outrank ovaries—and other reasons women wait so long for gynecologic surgery
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:26:43
	Publish Date:		2025-12-05 05:10:00
	Description:		Ottawa family physician Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth faced a long wait for surgery after post-menopausal bleeding, and has seen her patients endure the same. Dr. Nick Leyland, president-elect of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, explains that gynecologists have limited operating room access, fewer perform surgery, and ovaries are valued less than testicles in the surgery hierarchy. Also: what’s being done to improve care for women nationwide.
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