Clearing health care backlog caused by first wave of COVID-19 will require more than $1.3B additional funding: CMA
October 26, 2020
The report points out that wait times have increased by up to 75 days for cataract surgeries...
See full report here: www.cma.ca/about-us/what-we-do/press-room/clearing-health-care-backlog-caused-first-wave-covid-19-will-require-more-13b-additional-funding-cma
Thanks to the @CMA_Docs & @DeloitteCanada for identifying how much funding is needed to address the pandemic surgery and diagnostic backlog. $68 million needed in Manitoba alone--and that's only for the 6 priority procedures they studied & only to shorten to pre-pandemic waits. https://t.co/5Plt155OIW
- Doctors Manitoba (@DoctorsManitoba) October 26, 2020
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