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BRIAN LILLEY COLUMN: More Patients Dying on Waiting Lists in Ontario
Postmedia’s Brian Lilley recently wrote a column on Ontario health care and our new report showing that more Ontario patients are dying on waiting lists.
“Patients dying while waiting for surgery or diagnostic testing isn’t new, but things definitely got worse during the pandemic.
An analysis of records from Ontario Health shows a 43% increase in deaths of people waiting for surgery compared to pre-pandemic, a 38% increase in patients who died waiting for a CT scan, and 23% increase in those who died waiting for an MRI.
The analysis, conducted by think-tank SecondStreet.org, was based on information released by Ontario Health through Freedom of Information requests. The government agency said they cannot state that any of these people died as a result of missed or delayed procedures…”
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