Hospital wait times

• Patients waiting more than a day to be admitted in Winnipeg hospitals: ‘It’s absolutely terrifying’

  Average wait times for a bed at the St. Boniface Hospital have recently been as high as 31.5 hours, according to data from Shared Health.

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  May 18
  
• Wait time at B.C. Children’s Hospital emergency department exceeds nine hours over weekend

  On Sunday, B.C.'s website estimated a wait time of nine hours and 15 minutes at the B.C. Children's Hospital emergency department.

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  May 3
  
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• St. Joe’s seeks to add CT scanner to its emergency department to reduce wait times, code zeros

  St. Joseph's Healthcare is asking for help meeting its goal of bringing a CT scanner into the emergency department to reduce wait times and cut down on ambulance offloading delays.

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  Dec 3, 2021
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• Wait times force 1 in 4 patients to leave Winnipeg’s largest ER without seeing doctor: Shared Health

  If you need treatment at a Winnipeg hospital today, you'll be waiting longer than you would have a year ago, according to a new report from the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.

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  Sep 24, 2021
• N.S. launches program to help reduce ambulance wait times at hospital ER

  The province is investing over $3 million to pilot the new emergency department transition team.

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  Jul 14, 2021
• Edmonton, Calgary experiencing strain on emergency services in part due to heat wave: AHS

  Alberta's heat wave has created additional stress on Alberta's healthcare system as two major cities in Edmonton see "extremely high demand" for EMS.

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  Jul 4, 2021
• Hamilton hospitals post real-time emergency room wait times online

  Patients will now be able to get the average length of time it will take to see a doctor or nurse.

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  Jan 9, 2020
• Senior claims Vancouver hospital threatened to discharge him to homeless shelter

  The Vancouver resident, who is now in Mount Saint Joseph Hospital for treatment of an infection, claims the hospital is now pressuring him to be discharged.

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  Oct 25, 2019
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• B.C. surgical wait times improving for some procedures, but still lag other provinces: report

  The report found 30 per cent of patients across Canada are waiting longer than the recommended wait times for hip or knee replacements or cataract surgery.

  Mar 29, 2019
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• Alberta Election Fact Check: Did surgery wait times increase under NDP?

  According to Alberta Health Services data, wait times for four key surgeries went up between 2014 and 2018. What do experts and political parties have to say about the issue?

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  Mar 28, 2019