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.
While the MUHC/CUSM has an emergency department, that’s not really their focus; they are also notorious for long ER wait times. In that sense, selecting them for this list would not be fair. Since the Jewish is the same health network, it makes more sense to chose them. Same with Saint Mary’s.
In that sense I think they chose right.
Wait why not? Selecting them seems ideal to represent wait times, cause I dont think anyone should have to wait at the er for hours