Emergency rooms and health-care bottlenecks
Manitoba’s emergency rooms are being crushed under the weight of a health-care problem that cannot be fixed inside emergency departments. The latest picture from Winnipeg hospitals is grim. ER wait […]
Manitoba's emergency rooms are facing a crisis as wait times have reached an all-time high. Despite a 2023 election promise, wait times are only getting longer and patient care is suffering. Emergency physicians argue that the bottleneck lies downstream in the community, where patients are stuck waiting for personal-care-home beds, home care, or supportive housing.
Without proper care, hospital beds remain occupied, causing further delays in emergency departments. To address this issue, Manitoba needs to invest in community-based care, including more personal-care-home beds, home care services, and alternative forms of support for medically stable patients. While improving emergency department efficiency is important, it cannot solve the fundamental problem of lack of resources for patients who no longer require acute care.
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