It is not twenty weeks to see any doctor: it is twenty weeks to go from a referral from a general practitioner to receiving treatment from a specialist [0][1][2

It is not twenty weeks to see any doctor: it is twenty weeks to go from a referral from a general practitioner to receiving treatment from a specialist [0][1][2]. I’m not sure if things like consultations are counted are as treatment or not. [0] https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/health/health-care-wait-times-hit-20-weeks-in-2016-report-1.3171718 https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/health/health-care-wait-times-... [1] https://globalnews.ca/news/3251833/canada-has-some-of-the-longest-wait-times-to-see-doctors-specialists-report/ https://globalnews.ca/news/3251833/canada-has-some-of-the-lo... [2] https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-2017 https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/waiting-your-turn-wa...