Wait Times

• ‘Maddening’: Family of Winnipeg woman who died after lengthy hospital wait calls for change

  The family of a 55-year-old woman who died after an hours-long wait at a Winnipeg hospital said steps must be taken to prevent more lives from being lost due to extended ED waits.

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  Sep 15
  
• Alberta doctors plead for state of emergency as hospitals overwhelmed

  Physicians are using increasingly concerning language, saying they have never seen Alberta’s emergency departments as overwhelmed as they have been this winter.

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  Jan 8
  
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• Alberta emergency room visit lengths continue to grow: Report

  Anyone who has been to an emergency room in Alberta in recent years knows to expect a wait if not critically ill or injured — now, a new report confirms wait times have increased.

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  Jun 3, 2025
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• 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
• Some Manitoba surgery wait times increasing despite rise in surgery volumes

  A new study by CIHI shows an 18 per cent increase in hip replacements nationwide in 2023, compared to 2019. But, only 66 per cent of patients received the surgery in a timely way.

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  Apr 4, 2024
• Review underway after patient dies in St. Boniface Hospital emergency room

  The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says a patient died early Friday morning while waiting in the St. Boniface Hospital emergency department.

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  Jan 19, 2024
• Surgeries rescheduled as Winnipeg hospitals continue to deal with patient surge

  Patients with respiratory illnesses continue to surge into the city's hospitals, leading to the postponement of some surgeries.

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  Jan 17, 2024
• ‘Disgraceful’: N.S. man speaks out after mom waits 4 hours on floor for ambulance

  A Halifax-area man is speaking out after his mother suffered a fall Friday and had to wait about four hours for an ambulance to arrive.

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  Aug 4, 2023
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• Ontario adds $44M to fund aimed at reducing ER wait times at hospitals

  The new funding is on top of $90 million a year from the province to reward ERs that put in place what the government calls innovative solutions to reduce wait times.

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  Jul 20, 2023
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• N.W.T. mental health wait times reduced 79%

  The Northwest Territories government is lauding changes to its health-care system that it says reduced wait times for mental health counselling by 79 per cent.

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  Jun 13, 2023