Nearly Half of Canadians Avoiding Hospitals Because of Wait Times
“While there is no way of knowing how many Canadians have died because they chose not to seek health care due to the challenges of accessing government-provided treatment, the fact it is happening at all is unconscionable”
Epoch Times , Bio and Archives--November 5, 2024
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Around 47 percent of Canadians choose to stay home rather than seek medical treatment with a doctor or hospital because of long wait times, says a new survey.
“For decades, the Canadian government and provincial governments have taken the general approach that the system isn’t working, so let’s throw more and more money at it,” Dominic Lucyk, communications director with think tank SecondStreet.org which published the study, told The Epoch Times. ---More...
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