Canadians worried about the state of provincial health systems: poll
A new survey suggests the vast majority of Canadians have concerns about the state of the health-care system, particularly in Atlantic provinces where hospitals have struggled to maintain emergency services for months.
Since then, the already burnt-out workforce has steadily declined, leaving fewer health workers to cope with waves of flu and other respiratory illnesses at the end of last year. People in Eastern Canada also worry about the quality of care they’ll get if they need to go to an emergency room: 81 per cent say they’re concerned, compared to 67 per cent of Canadians overall.
Countrywide, 90 per cent of rural survey respondents reported concern about the state of health care. As provincial and territorial governments try to work through surgical and diagnostic backlogs that accumulated over the course of the pandemic, some have turned to private clinics to ease the load. The move has created a polarized debate about private delivery of public health care.
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