Michele Beaton, MLA representing Mermaid-Stratford and Official Opposition Green critic for health and wellness, provided the following opinion ...
A patient in P.E.I. can expect to wait up to 214 days for a non-urgent MRI scan — for example, imaging required for a knee surgery. Stock PhotoMichele Beaton, MLA representing Mermaid-Stratford and Official Opposition Green critic for health and wellness, provided the following opinion article.
For a CT scan, the wait time is 106 days for Island patients who are deemed non-urgent. The “target” length to wait for a non-urgent CT is 56 days. Another man in his 70s who was an avid golfer. He needed a hip replacement but was forced to spend a year waiting. This delay led to increasing pain and him needing a walker for mobility. He then started having back pain from compensating for his hip and hunching over his walker.
An Islander asked me why we don’t run testing for more hours a day. It’s a great question. The biggest reason is we haven’t increased recruitment of people needed to operate the equipment to keep up with the demand. For example, medical radiation technologists are dealing with an impossible amount of work. I recently met with a couple of MRTs who are dealing with burnout and a lack of respect from their leadership.
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