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This is a great service but it seems unfortunate that it has to exist at all. The health system in Canada isn't ideal (or the Netherlands where I am now) but h
by delano 17y ago
This is a great service but it seems unfortunate that it has to exist at all.
The health system in Canada isn't ideal (or the Netherlands where I am now) but having to check emergency room wait times has never even occurred to me.
- jdminhbg 17y agohttp://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/05/03/9330606-sun.html http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/05/03/9330606-sun... 'Down a hospital hallway, a row of stretchers line the wall near the nurse's station. On one of them is an elderly woman who's in pain. She has been waiting for four hours to get into a room with a bed, but there isn't one available. This is happening nearly every day in hospitals across the province and the GTA," said a nurse with 22 years of on-the-job experience.'
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- delano 17y agoThat's fair. I should have been more accurate since Canada is a gigantic country. My experience is based on living in Vancouver and Montreal (although I went to a hospital in Toronto on one occasion and waited only 30 minutes).
- Titanous 17y agoThis is extremely common in my area (Ottawa/Gatineau). In fact, people travel the ~40 minutes to my small town where we have a relatively new hospital, and use our ER.
- bestes 17y agoYou might be watching too much TV. Nothing happens quickly in a real ER.