{"id":97,"date":"2023-12-13T23:27:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T23:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksaxena.in\/?p=97"},"modified":"2023-12-13T23:27:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T23:27:56","slug":"thousands-of-canadians-died-while-waiting-for-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksaxena.in\/index.php\/2023\/12\/13\/thousands-of-canadians-died-while-waiting-for-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Canadians died while waiting for surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Roughly 17,000 Canadians have died while waiting for surgery or diagnostic scans in 2022-23 but that number could be significantly higher, according to research published by SecondStreet.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report<\/a><\/strong> from the think tank shows patients were waiting for procedures that could have \u201cpotentially saved their lives\u201d like a heart operation, and procedures that can improve their quality of life, like a hip operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It states that 17,032 patients died after waiting anywhere from less than a week to nearly 11 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a problem that we\u2019ve seen across Canada, we\u2019ve seen it grow for several years now. It was something that was growing before COVID,\u201d SecondStreet.org president Colin Craig told CityNews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe reality is, unless we see some serious health reform in this country, I think we\u2019re going to continue to see this problem persist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data was collected from freedom of information requests that were made to 33 health care bodies nationwide and was compiled over five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because several provinces only provided partial data, SecondStreet is estimating the actual number of patient deaths in 2022-23 is 31,297. They did so by extrapolating the data provided and applying it across health regions that did not provide data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, 101 patients in Ontario died while waiting for heart surgery, with 36 dying after waiting longer than the maximum recommended wait time. Since 2013, there have been 931 cases where Ontario patients died while waiting for heart surgery, with 26 per cent of the patients waiting longer than recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health care needs more than funds<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report also states that health care costs per person have risen substantially from $1,714 in 1992-93 to $5,607 in 2022-23. Craig says the spending has grown well above inflation, and it \u201ckeeps getting worse and worse and worse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have some very good nurses and doctors that are in the system, they are trying hard. But the problem is the structure of the system itself is not set up properly to produce great results for Canadian patients,\u201d Craig explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Angus Reid Survey<\/a><\/strong> published in October asking Canadians about funding from the government shows 60 per cent of respondents believe there are greater issues that money can\u2019t solve, and 68 per cent believe health care in Canada has worsened over the past decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so many tragic stories emerging in this country, it\u2019s not a partisan issue. We\u2019re seeing it doesn\u2019t matter which provincial parties are in power, it\u2019s just the reality of the structure of the Canadian health-care system, it\u2019s not set up properly to deliver great results for patients,\u201d Craig said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo until we see health reform, I think we\u2019re going to continue to see a lot of these stories emerge.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roughly 17,000 Canadians have died while waiting for surgery or diagnostic scans in 2022-23 but that number could be significantly higher, according to research published by SecondStreet.org. The report from the think tank shows patients were waiting for procedures that could have \u201cpotentially saved their lives\u201d like a heart operation, and procedures that can improve their quality […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksaxena.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksaxena.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksaxena.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksaxena.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksaxena.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ksaxena.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98,"href":"https:\/\/ksaxena.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksaxena.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksaxena.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksaxena.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}