Canada’s ER crisis: Doctors urge governments to stop finger-pointing and find solutions
It’s every doctor’s “worst nightmare,” he said.
The situation is particularly acute in children’s hospitals in many parts of the country, including Ontario, where pediatric units seeing an early spike in RSV cases are warning parents of significant wait times.“It’s a tough situation… We are seeing quite a surge in RSV earlier than we traditionally see it,” Lim said.
All 13 of Canada’s premiers argue more federal funding is what’s needed to help their ailing health systems, but Ottawa says it wants to see better results from the billions already flowing to the provinces and territories for health care before increasing health transfers.
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