Waits for a general surgeon in 2023 cost patients in the province $33.5 million in lost wages.
waiting for health care
July 15, 2024
6:00AM
Last year the province's median wait time for medically-necessary surgery was 52.6 weeks.
June 27, 2024
3:30AM
Wait times for non-emergency treatment in 2023 cost Canadians $3.5 billion in lost wages and productivity.
June 3, 2024
2:30AM
Last year the province's median wait between referral from a family doctor and receipt of surgery was 52.6 weeks.
May 8, 2024
9:39AM
Canada ranked dead last on wait times for specialist care and non-emergency surgeries.
January 26, 2024
4:25PM
The province went from having some of the longest waits for surgery to some of the shortest.
December 30, 2023
7:30AM
The median wait in 2023 for an MRI was 12.9 weeks—two weeks longer than last year.
December 21, 2023
7:30AM
The province's median wait between referral and receipt of treatment was 33.5 weeks.
December 13, 2023
9:01AM
The median wait time between referral from a family doctor to treatment now stands at 27.7 weeks.
