Waits for mammograms, emergency room care and acute care beds are putting Ontario lives at greater risk, critics say.
About 422,000 fewer mammograms were done during the COVID-19 pandemic that planned, and patients have shown up with more advanced cancer, according to an Ontario Medical Association analysis released Wednesday.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Gelinas said the Doug Ford government needs to increase health care staffing by providing workers with the wages, incentives and respect they deserve.Liberal Health Critic Dr. Adil Shamji revealed a new report that found ER stays increased by 15.8% in August over the previous year. New data from the report by Ontario Health shows that in August ambulance offload times, ER wait times and the amount of time on average it took an ER patient to get an in-patient bed were the worst ever when compared to every other August since 2008, he said.
The Ontario Ministry of Health issued a statement in response to the OMA’s revelations on mammograms, noting the government is making historic investments in hospitals to increase capacity and to build a strong and resilient health care system.