Healthcare wait times hit all-time high of 27.7 weeks in Trudeau’s Canada
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Unfortunately, the increased wait times have led some Canadians to despair over their lack of receiving treatment and have instead chose to end their lives through euthanasia.
(LifeSiteNews) — Canadians must wait an average of 27.7 weeks to receive healthcare, causing some to despair and end their lives with euthanasia rather than wait for treatment.
According to a recently released report by the Fraser Institute, healthcare wait times in Canada have reached a record high of 27.7 weeks, the longest wait time in the survey’s 30-year history and 198 percent longer than the 1993 average of 9.3 weeks.
“Excessively long wait times remain a defining characteristic of Canada’s health-care system,” Fraser Institute policy analyst and co-author of the report Mackenzie Moir said in a December 7 press release.
“And they aren’t simply minor inconveniences, they can result in increased suffering for patients, lost productivity at work, a decreased quality of life, and in the worst cases, disability or death,” he added.
The data surveyed 1,200 Canadian doctors across 12 specialties and 10 provinces. The report found that Nova Scotia had the longest wait time of 56.7 weeks, followed by Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick with wait times of 55.2 weeks and 52.6 weeks respectively.