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http://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 ago
That'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 ago
This 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.