Canada ranked dead last on wait times for specialist care and non-emergency surgeries.
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January 26, 2024
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The province went from having some of the longest waits for surgery to some of the shortest.
December 30, 2023
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The median wait in 2023 for an MRI was 12.9 weeks—two weeks longer than last year.
December 21, 2023
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The province's median wait between referral and receipt of treatment was 33.5 weeks.
December 13, 2023
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The median wait time between referral from a family doctor to treatment now stands at 27.7 weeks.
November 30, 2023
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Participating hospitals have reduced wait times to well below the provincial average.
November 24, 2023
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The province's wait times were 6.5 weeks longer than the national average.
October 31, 2023
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Wait times in the province more than doubled from 10.4 weeks in 1993 to 25.8 weeks in 2022.
July 31, 2023
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Canada now has the most expensive universal health-care system in the world.