June 2011

Complaints

Wait time to see Canadian doctors grows

It’s taking longer for patients with an urgent condition to see a doctor, a new survey suggests.   The Canadian Medical Association, the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada released their findings on the opinions of doctors, medical residents and…

Complaints

Patients better off in taxis than non-emergency medical transfer vehicles: ombudsman

By Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press – 20 hours ago TORONTO — Ontario residents would be better off taking a taxi to a hospital than one of the privately owned vehicles used to transfer hundreds of thousands of non-critical patients each year, provincial watchdog Andre Marin said Friday. The ombudsman…

Complaints

ER nurses file complaint of overwork

The Ontario Nurses Association has filed another complaint against Sault Area Hospital, charging that RNs in the emergency department are overworked. The professional responsibility complaint recently lodged includes concerns that emergency nurses were to start drawing blood as of Wednesday, a task that up to now had been done by…