Health Care Wait Times in Canada Hit Record High at 27.7 Weeks: Report
The report found that at least 17,032 patients died while awaiting surgery or diagnostic scans between April 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023
Epoch Times , Bio and Archives--December 13, 2023
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Canada’s average health care wait times have hit a record high of 27.7 weeks, according to a recently-released report by the Fraser Institute.
The 27.7-week figure is the longest wait time in the survey’s 30-year history and is 198 percent longer than the 1993 average of 9.3 weeks. ---More...
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