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    ‘Catastrophic’: No clear solution from provinces as surgery backlog crisis continues



    As hundreds of thousands of Canadians wait for surgery, provinces across the country have yet to outline a clear plan on how to clear the backlog.

    “We’re really concerned about it because the operations that people are waiting for are necessary operations,” David Urbach, surgery department head at Women’s College Hospital and professor of surgery at the University of Toronto, told Global News.
    “They’re going to be suffering for long periods of time instead of being able to enjoy a better quality of life.”


    During his 22 years as a surgeon, Urbach has never seen a medical backlog like the one Canada is currently facing.
    “Right now, we have hundreds of thousands of people waiting for surgery,” he said.



    Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, estimates the waitlist has grown to between 225,000 to 250,000 patients. Nova Scotia Health currently has about 27,000 patients waiting for surgery.
    In Quebec, the most recent data shows at least 160,000 residents waiting.
    At the end of March, Canada’s health minister, Jean-Yves Duclos, said the country’s universal health-care system is “at risk” and announced a $2-billion pledge to help fix the surgery backlog.
    “These delays are a burden that can be very hard to bear for the affected patients, their families and their loved ones, as well as for the health-care workers caring for them,” Duclos said at the time.



    Ontario’s share of the recent one-time federal funding, announced on March 25, is $775.5 million, the province told Global News. Newfoundland and Labrador will receive approximately $27 million. Saskatchewan’s portion of the federal is roughly $62 million.
    However, not a single province could tell Global News what their plans for the money are as of yet.
    Ontario said it will have more details in its upcoming budget, to be released April 28, and noted that the federal money isn’t enough.


    “One-time funding is not sufficient to address the challenges faced by the provincial and territorial health-care systems,” a spokesperson for the province told Global News.
    In the meantime, British Columbia said it is working with regions to increase capacity, specifically this summer, but didn’t explain how.
    In 2019, Alberta created a program to tackle the backlogs already bogging down its system, but that was put on hold due to the pandemic. Now, more than 70,000 Albertans are waiting on surgery.
    “I think when you’re dealing with something as large and as expensive as the health-care system, when you don’t have a clear plan about what your goals are and data and accountability within the system, you’re going to end up with chaos,” Katharine Smart, president of the Canadian Medial Association, told Global News, speaking from Whitehorse, Yukon.
    “I think unfortunately, that’s where we’re finding ourselves right now. These wait times are not reasonable. You have many Canadians who are feeling desperate, not clear when it’s going to be their turn and not really willing to continue to wait in a lineup that doesn’t have a clear end.”







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    With such a tiny population, you'd think Canada could do better. Their healthcare is a disaster. Patients are dying waiting on surgery.




    CRAIG: Canadians are dying while they wait for surgery


    If you’re concerned about the state of health care in Canada, try asking your local provincial politician a simple question *– how many patients died last year in your province while waiting for surgery?

    Many elected officials won’t be able to provide an answer as their government simply doesn’t track this important information.


    The Vancouver Coastal Health region informed SecondStreet.org they don’t track the data, and information from Quebec was scarce at best. Many other health bodies don’t have the info or it was incomplete.


    In Ontario, the government indicated that 1,096 patients died last year while waiting for surgery and 6,491 patients died while waiting for MRI and CT scans. The government wouldn’t break out their data to show the types of surgery patients were waiting for when they died or how their wait times compared with maximum recommended wait times. The province claims it’s confidential.


    Oddly enough, the Nova Scotia Health Authority had no problem providing the data SecondStreet.org requested.

    The Atlantic province shared extensive data and noted 51 patients died last year while waiting for surgeries which could have potentially saved their lives. In “just over three quarters” of those cases, patients waited longer than the recommended wait times.


    Behind these numbers are, of course, real people with real consequences. Shannon Anderson, a mother of four from Ontario, developed a treatable heart problem last year. The government told her it would take at least a month before they could treat her condition. Sadly, she passed away after waiting several weeks for care, leaving behind four children.


    We can’t forget that governments essentially have a monopoly on health care in Canada. Shannon didn’t have the option of going to a private clinic and paying for the procedure she required. The government doesn’t allow that choice. The same is generally true for private hip and knee operations and other procedures which can improve a patient’s quality of life.





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    Some think that Canada’s health care woes right now are due to the pandemic.


    The pandemic is part of the problem. But data shows our system was struggling well before COVID-19 landed in Canada.


    Ontario Health provided data to SecondStreet.org that shows in fiscal year 2015-16, there were 944 patients that died while waiting for CT scans. The annual total rose to 3,924 the year before the pandemic. Data for the most recent year, 2020-21, shows 4,624 patient deaths. If one looks at statistics for MRI scans, we find a similar pattern – a nearly 400% increase since 2015-16.
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    This thread is getting lonely. Do we have an Canadians on the board?
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    Quote Originally Posted by BillyCarpenter View Post
    This thread is getting lonely. Do we have an Canadians on the board?
    KMaybe they are afraid that their government might euthanize them. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...sing-the-poor-

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    Quote Originally Posted by slimslob View Post
    KMaybe they are afraid that their government might euthanize them. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...sing-the-poor-

    Actually it's because we know the truth and feel no need to argue with people who barely know that Canada even exists and would not be able to find it on a map

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    Quote Originally Posted by copier addict View Post
    Actually it's because we know the truth and feel no need to argue with people who barely know that Canada even exists and would not be able to find it on a map
    Oh you talking about SleepyJoe?

    "" who barely know that Canada even exists and would not be able to find it on a map ""

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil B. View Post
    Oh you talking about SleepyJoe?

    "" who barely know that Canada even exists and would not be able to find it on a map ""

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    Hey, I did get him to respond. Now if he just had a brain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil B. View Post
    Oh you talking about SleepyJoe?

    "" who barely know that Canada even exists and would not be able to find it on a map ""

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    Oooooookay??? And your point is?

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