Province under fire for underreporting hospital wait times
Posted Nov 3, 2010 8:20 am.
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A national watchdog group of doctors is giving Alberta a failing grade on reporting health wait lists, but the province says the mark is unfair.
The Wait Time Alliance says Alberta promised Ottawa six years ago that it would post wait times online and guarantee an eight-week limit on waits for cancer treatment.
Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky says the wait lists aren’t online because of computer problems, but says he has ordered the fix to be expedited.
Wait lists are a hot topic in the province after a recent letter from doctors said the emergency ward system is crumbling under long waits and bed shortages.
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