Report says wait times in Quebec emergency rooms were 11 minutes shorter last year
The report by the Montreal Economic Institute shows that this represents an 11-minute improvement from wait times the previous year.
A new report from the Montreal Economic Institute reveals that average wait times in Quebec emergency rooms decreased by 11 minutes last year. The institute's spokesperson, Renaud Brossard, notes that this improvement, while modest, represents a step in the right direction. However, the report indicates significant variations in wait times across different regions, with Laval, the Laurentians, the Montérégie, and Montreal experiencing the longest median wait times between six and eight hours.
Brossard attributes the extended wait times to a shortage of personnel, suggesting that the issue may lie within the emergency room's treatment capacity itself.
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