Surgery Backlog

• Surgical backlogs ease in Canada, but millions still struggle for primary care: CIHI

  A new report by the CIHI says 83 per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults without one. 

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  Oct 24
  
• 50% of Canadian cancer patients faced surgery delay last year amid ongoing COVID backlog

  The Canadian Institute for Health Information found that between April and September 2022, half of cancer patients waited one to three days longer for surgery than before COVID.

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  Mar 23, 2023
  
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• Waterloo eye clinic says it has space to help alleviate Ontario’s cataract backlog

  Dr. Mark Cohen, the managing partner for Vision Group Canada, which operates the centre in Waterloo, says they have plenty of space in their clinic to help alleviate the backlog.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2023
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• Private Waterloo clinic to receive funding from Ford government to provide cataract surgeries

  Step 1 of the Ford government's plan was up to $8.5 million in annual funding for private clinics in Windsor, Kitchener-Waterloo and Ottawa to provide cataract surgeries.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2023
• Ontario expanding private delivery of public health-care services in 3-step plan

  Premier Doug Ford lamented "endless debates" about who should deliver health care, but all he cares about is getting people the care they need quickly and safely.

  Health

  Jan 16, 2023
• 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
• Toronto man calls for hospital backlog fix as wife awaits procedure

  Steve McNeil and his wife Tina Grazos-McNeil were watching TV on Canada Day when Tina started having a seizure and collapsed. She's been in hospital for weeks waiting for surgery.

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  Jul 25, 2022
• Ongoing worker shortage means long wait times for service at Hamilton hospitals, say officials

  As of mid-June, service impacts and increasingly high wait times are the norm for Hamilton’s hospitals as record-high health-care worker and physician shortages persist.

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  Jul 21, 2022
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• Doctors Manitoba says province’s surgery backlog at 128K

  Doctors Manitoba says although COVID-19 cases and restrictions have eased, physicians are seeing patients facing longer and uncertain waits for surgery, often while enduring pain.

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  Jun 28, 2022
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• ‘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