Covid Surgery Backlog

• Canadians wait in pain for orthopaedic surgery amid record backlogs: ‘Only getting worse’

  In 2021, wait times for surgical and other therapeutic treatments increased in Canada for the third straight year, according to a report.

  Health

  Aug 28, 2022
  
• ‘Catastrophic’: No clear solution from provinces as surgery backlog crisis continues

  As hundreds of thousands of Canadians wait for surgery, provinces across the country have yet to outline a clear plan as to how to clear the backlog.

  Health

  Apr 22, 2022
  
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• Ottawa pledging $2B for pandemic surgery delays, warns universal health care ‘at risk’

  Duclos said delays in surgeries, diagnostics and treatments existed before the pandemic but that after five successive waves of COVID-19, provincial health systems are struggling.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2022