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A snapshot of wait times at hospital emergency departments across Canada (www.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Reports of high average wait times at hospital emergency rooms across the country were punctuated by CTV News medical correspondent Avis Favaro's latest story focusing on the dire consequences long wait times at crowded ERs can have on patients.

In light of studies showing patients admitted to ERs are waiting longer to get into an acute care bed, CTVNews.ca has collected wait time data over a recent time period from a selection of hospitals in cities across Canada, to give you a snapshot of the wait times Canadians are dealing with.

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[–] silentwinged@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

I think they're also being selective about what time of day they're reporting. Their source claims that my local hospital has an average wait of 3 hours, and it does, briefly, at 8 am just after the shift change. The rest of the day is anywhere between 5-12 hours (or more), but I guess we don't talk about that.