Surgery Backlog
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50% of Canadian cancer patients faced surgery delay last year amid ongoing COVID backlogThe 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.HealthMar 23
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Waterloo eye clinic says it has space to help alleviate Ontario’s cataract backlogDr. 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.CanadaJan 20
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Private Waterloo clinic to receive funding from Ford government to provide cataract surgeriesStep 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.CanadaJan 16
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Ontario expanding private delivery of public health-care services in 3-step planPremier 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.HealthJan 16
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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.HealthAug 28, 2022
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Toronto man calls for hospital backlog fix as wife awaits procedureSteve 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.HealthJul 25, 2022
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Ongoing worker shortage means long wait times for service at Hamilton hospitals, say officialsAs 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.HealthJul 21, 2022
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Doctors Manitoba says province’s surgery backlog at 128KDoctors 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.HealthJun 28, 2022
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‘Catastrophic’: No clear solution from provinces as surgery backlog crisis continuesAs 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.HealthApr 22, 2022
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‘Living in pain’: Canadians travel across the world to avoid surgery backlogA surgery backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has steered Canadians thousands of miles away from home to get life changing procedures done without the wait.HealthApr 21, 2022
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