Pretty much everywhere except the largest metro areas. I’ve sat in Kelowna for 10 hours to get checked for appendicitis and had to come back the next day because they didn’t have techs by the time they saw me.
Pretty much everywhere except the largest metro areas
Kelowna isn’t what I’d consider a small place! Over 200,000 people makes it around the same population as Oshawa (just under 200,000), and wait times right now are 1h 4min.
Historically, smaller hospitals have shorter wait times.
I’m not doubting you at all, since it’s been reported quite a few times that ER wait times around the country have been extremely long. I’m simply not seeing where these hospitals are.
If it’s only a handful in very specific areas, then I don’t see why this can’t be fixed easily. Even in Ontario, where the Ford Government withheld millions in healthcare funding, we don’t seem that bad for wait times, but I’m always for providing more support for frontline workers.
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Pretty much everywhere except the largest metro areas. I’ve sat in Kelowna for 10 hours to get checked for appendicitis and had to come back the next day because they didn’t have techs by the time they saw me.
Kelowna isn’t what I’d consider a small place! Over 200,000 people makes it around the same population as Oshawa (just under 200,000), and wait times right now are 1h 4min.
Historically, smaller hospitals have shorter wait times.
I’m not doubting you at all, since it’s been reported quite a few times that ER wait times around the country have been extremely long. I’m simply not seeing where these hospitals are.
If it’s only a handful in very specific areas, then I don’t see why this can’t be fixed easily. Even in Ontario, where the Ford Government withheld millions in healthcare funding, we don’t seem that bad for wait times, but I’m always for providing more support for frontline workers.