More than 14,000 Canadians died on a waiting list for surgeries or diagnostic scans between April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022, according to a new report.
The report, published on March 2 by the non-profit think tank SecondStreet.org, cited government data from Ontario, Alberta, and Manitoba, that said a total of 14,057 Canadians died during the 2021-2022 time frame.
The data indicate that the cases include a wide array of required medical services–everything from hip operations and heart surgery to CT and MRI scans. Before dying on a waiting list, patients had waited anywhere from less than a month to over eight years. Many died after waiting longer than the recommended wait time, according to the report….