People visiting emergency rooms in Greater Victoria this year had to stay slightly longer than they did the year before, according to Island Health.
The average amount of time that each non-admitted patient stayed in the ER at Victoria General Hospital between Jan. 1 and Dec. 1 was 4.3 hours, up from 3.7 hours during the same period the year before.
Meanwhile, farther north on the island, the average length of stay for patients at the ER at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital was 2.9 hours this year, slightly higher than the average of 2.6 hours last year. According to Island Health, overall patient volumes at each of the emergency departments was about five per cent higher in 2022 than it was the year before.
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