Opinion

So much for the NDP’s election pledge to reduce emergency room wait times.

After nearly two years in government, the NDP has not only failed to reduce historically high wait times in ERs and urgent care centres at Winnipeg hospitals, they’re longer today than they were prior to the October 2023 election.

According to data released Thursday by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, the median wait time for ERs and urgent care centres at Winnipeg’s six hospitals in July was 3.65 hours. When the NDP won government, the median wait time was 3.52 hours. In July 2024, the median wait time was 3.42 hours.

So, it’s heading in the wrong direction. Patients are waiting far longer today to see a doctor or a nurse practitioner in ERs and urgent care centres than they were a few years ago

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