‘Nobody would help me’: Mother’s story highlights challenges in health-care access – CTV
June 02, 2026
SURREY, B.C. – Jenn Dunn still remembers the day she got her daughter Kya, who has severe autism, a referral to a pediatrician.
“I’m not exaggerating, I was on my knees in tears, and I said I’m not leaving here until I get some help. Nobody will help me,” Dunn recalled of the rock-bottom moment inside a walk-in clinic.
That day, a decade ago, was only the beginning of a saga to secure health care for a child with specialized needs that continues today.
“We just waited nine months to see a specialist,” Dunn said. “And the procedure she needs is a nine-month to 12-month wait again. So, it’s almost two years for something my daughter needs.”
She praises the care at BC Children’s Hospital, where Kya is most often treated, and where she says tired-out staff are working within a broken system.
