ER Wait Times

• Winnipeg ER, urgent care wait times spike over holiday season

  Patients at emergency departments and urgent care centres around Winnipeg are experiencing longer-than-usual wait times over the holiday season.

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  Dec 31, 2019
• AHS wellness tips added to Amazon Alexa and Google Home, flu clinic finder coming

  Alberta Health Services has added more features to its Amazon Alexa and Google Home repertoire.

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  Oct 9, 2019
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• Woman dies after 11-hour wait to see a doctor in New Brunswick emergency room

  Marianne Porter spent some of the final hours of her life hunched over and moaning in pain

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  Mar 21, 2019
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• Winnipeg emergency room wait times will keep climbing, says WRHA

  Hospital wait times in Winnipeg rose from December to January. A WRHA report shows wait times in ERs were longer at all but two city healthcare centres.

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  Mar 1, 2019
• Manitoba ER wait times most improved in Canada, but still one of the worst

  The Canadian Institute for Health Information has new numbers. Manitoba was the only province that saw wait times decrease, but it's still the second worst in the country.

  Nov 29, 2018
• Community care and mental health needs highlight Sask.-federal funding announcement

  Saskatchewan and Ottawa signed an agreement that will see targeted funding in mental health, community care and palliative care over the next decade worth hundreds of millions.

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  May 14, 2018
• ER closures at Seven Oaks & Concordia will be staggered: report

  Phase 2 of the restructuring of Winnipeg's emergency rooms could be delayed.

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  Dec 20, 2017
• Interior Health working to cut emergency department waits

  Interior Health officials say they are faced with a situation where more and more people are showing up at the E.R., some of whom don't really need to be there.

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  Dec 1, 2017
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• Quebec opposition parties unveil health care plans

  Quebec's opposition parties are vowing to hold the government accountable over its health care promises.

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  Sep 1, 2017
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• CAQ presents solutions for ‘broken’ Quebec health system

  The CAQ said if elected, it will force family doctor clinics to stay open on evenings and weekends to reduce the number of patients going to emergency rooms.

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  Aug 29, 2017