Canadian emergency rooms are overflowing while an array of respiratory illnesses — COVID-19 included — keep circulating. And it's happening against a backdrop of behind-the-scenes backlogs that turn front-line ERs into dangerous choke points. Staff shortages, respiratory illnesses pose challenges, alongside long-standing hospital bed capacity crunch This story is part …
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This newborn waited 5 hours for a doctor. Experts say Ontario’s ER wait times have never been worse
Joey Salmingo took his two-and-a-half-week-old son to a Markham hospital with a fever. He wasn't seen by a doctor for eight hours. Experts in the industry say this is indicative of a worsening crisis in emergency room wait times, and more needs to be done. Markham, Ont., man says 2-week-old …
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