Emergency Room

• Quebec ERs report major overcrowding, some at more than 200% capacity

  Quebec government data says the average ER wait time across the province is five hours, and the average time patients spend on a stretcher is more than 16 hours.

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  Jan 3
  
• B.C. family outraged at man with Stage-4 cancer’s 14-hour ER wait, discharge

  Melissa McIntyre's husband Cory has Stage-4 colon cancer and continues to fight the disease despite being given just months to live in early 2023.

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  Dec 20, 2024
  
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• Expansion of one of Ontario’s largest children’s hospitals promises reduced wait times

  A 50 per cent expansion of the emergency department at Southwestern Ontario’s largest children’s hospital is going a long way in combating the demand for service, staff say.

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  Dec 11, 2024
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• Data shows 1 in 7 ER visits could have been handled by primary care

  Between April 2023 and March 2024, 15 per cent of visits to Canadian emergency rooms could have been managed through a primary care provider new data shows.

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  Dec 5, 2024
• Many Canadians end up in ER before being diagnosed with cancer: study

  More than a third of cancer patients in Ontario had visited an emergency department in the three months prior to their cancer diagnosis, according to a new study,

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  Nov 4, 2024
• Royal University Hospital ER given occupational health and safety contraventions

  RUH has been struggling with over capacity for the last few weeks and on October 2nd Saskatchewan’s occupational health and safety conducted an assessment of the emergency room.

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  Oct 7, 2024
• New CIHI data shows Manitoba ER wait times among the worst in Canada

  New numbers show Manitoba is near the top of the country when it comes to waiting for care in emergency rooms.

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  Aug 26, 2024
• Crisis in the ER: Fredericton doctor asks if it’s time to call a state of emergency

  A Fredericton, N.B., emergency department physician suggests calling a state of emergency may be the best way to deal with what he sees as a crisis in the medical system.

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  Aug 26, 2024
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• N.S. emergency department deaths hit six-year high, doctors point to ‘bed-blocking’

  Nova Scotia's health authority says emergency department deaths hit a six-year high in 2023, with 666 deaths compared with 558 the year before.

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  Jul 10, 2024
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• More Quebec patients leave emergency rooms before being treated: study

  The number of patients who leave emergency rooms before being treated is increasing in Quebec, according to the results of a study by the Montreal Economic Institute.

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  Jun 20, 2024