ER closures, wait times impacting Canadians' access to essential care

Canada's emergency rooms are continuing to struggle to provide essential care across the country, with some forced to close yet again over the weekend, leading to added problems for those seeking help.

While ER delays are not a new issue in Canada, experts say long wait times and closures are climbing at an unprecedented rate.

As Jamie Mauracher explains, there are growing concerns Canadians will be left scrambling for help when they need it the most.

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[KayJay]

Normally when you pay for something upfront and dont get said service you get your money back.
We need to start throwing people in jail for mismanaging so bad. Set an example.

[ozzygirl]

Maybe they shouldn't have fired all those who disagreed with the experimental poke poke

[buckculler]

It’s to bad that Canada spent most of the tax payers dollars into tracking and prosecuting it’s citizens.
The rest went to fund a foreign war that we have no business being involved in.

Now we can’t afford healthcare and doctors flee the country like rats from a sinking ship.
A whole lot of good a public health care system is when you can’t use the services you pay dearly for. Some of us pay way more than others yet can’t even find a family doctor when we move to a new area of the country.
Public health care is no less of a sham than a private health care system.
At least in a private healthcare system you know exactly what you pay for insurance.
How many of you in Canada actually know what you pay for public healthcare.
I believe not one of you knows.

[alfredosmith]

How many nurses in percentage did Ontario lose because the nurse refused the mrna experimental rushed to market with no long term studies done vaccine ? Just asking...

[tehabnorm]

Good thing we pay such high taxes for health care, have millions for needle ads but nothing for actual health care

[amyy]

Short staff due to termination not at full capacity

[Lysanderfication]

"Urban centres" *shivers* every foreign doctor you net, how many foreigners in triage? This country is OVER!

[equalizer]

Privatize health care. I want free choice!

[patientzero]

We have a leader, who is an idealist rather than a pragmatic leader.

[billboggs]

I miss the pre-covid days when you got in and out of Emergency Ward in under 2 hours. Lol

[OMEGATHENIETZCHIAN]

Well, maybe we can set up an app to show where there's capacity?

[maryjoan]

Terrifying....we are on our own....it's so sad....but they knew this would happen decades ago

[alexisp]

I had one bad judgement..tripped and got black eye...my kids wanted me to get checked ..I knew it was from my own negligence so against Dr's orders I left... told them to clear room for ppl who need it...funny thing is..the waiting room and being seen was fast ...granted this was 3 weeks ago but....

[Evan-dcmt]

Most people in the ER don’t need to be in the ER. I’ve yet to talk in and fined ten people bleeding out

[stanfink]

Cripple the health sector then blame them too.

[ianhowes]

So treat EMERGENCIES and send the people with hang-nails home!! Too many people are treating the ER like a doctors office ow walk-in clinic - the systm needs to kick them out of the ER!

[justworkingfortheweekend]

I don't give a crap about covid or monkeypoxs. Time for Doctor's to quit being lazy

[xdemgeo]

Canada is so rich and they can't fund their hospitals? This is shocking as someone who come from a third world country like me

[justinpenney]

Now that it's starting to hit the mainland it's an issue well holy crap people I've been 7 years without a family doctor and there are more emergency departments closed due to staffing issues you would not believe it

[chrislim]

Not sure complaining about single tier government healthcare is realistic or even newsworthy.