Average wait times for patients being admitted to an Ontario hospital from an emergency room appears to be steadily increasing, with a new record reached in October.
on Thursday shows patients spent an average of 22.9 hours in an emergency room that month waiting to be admitted.
According to the HQO, just 21 per cent of patients were admitted from the ER within the provincial target of eight hours. On average, the HQO says patients waited about 2.2 hours in an emergency room for their first assessment by a doctor. The Progressive Conservative government released their plan to stabilize the health-care system in August. Their strategy includes an investment in private clinic surgeries, a pledge to add up to 6,000 new health-care workers and Bill 7—legislation that allows hospitals to transfer patients waiting for a long-term care home spot to a home not of their choosing or serve them a daily $400 fee.
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