Physician and nurse advocacy groups from across the country are issuing an urgent call for the premiers to make health reform a priority when they meet next month, as patients struggle to get timely access to care and many hospitals are overwhelmed because of staffing shortages. The CMA and 12 other organizations, including the Canadian Nurses Association, are calling on the provinces to deal with the healthcare crisis where millions of Canadians are without access to primary care, wait times in ERs are ballooning, surgical backlogs are growing and workers are exhausted and burned out.
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June 05, 2023