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TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford has announced the details of a three-step plan which the government says will reduce wait times for surgeries and other medical procedures.
The first step is aimed at a backlog for cataract surgery, a procedure that has one of the longest waitlists. According to the government, this will help return surgical wait lists to pre-pandemic levels by March 2023. Step three will see clinics conducting more MRI and CT scans, and by 2024 the expansion of surgery for hip and knee replacements.
Ontario Medical Association president Dr. Rose Zacharias said experience elsewhere has shown that providing outpatient surgeries and procedures in the community greatly improves the patient experience. The labour groups — which included the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the Ontario Nurses Association, Ontario Public Service Employees Union, SEIU Healthcare and Unifor — said for-profit clinics have already cost Ontarians "enormously" and have seriously worsened the staffing shortage in the public system.
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