Doctors in Canada’s FIFA World Cup host cities say they’re concerned the already strained system will buckle if a sudden, unexpected surge slams emergency departments during the games.
“While system level improvements are underway, a detailed independent and public review of how this specific case was managed also needs to be undertaken.”
The Physician Services Agreement, which came into effect last year, increases the financial incentive for doctors accepting patients from the province’s centralized waitlist from $350 to $500.
Dr. Warren Thirsk, an emergency room doctor in Edmonton, said he sometimes sees more than 100 people in the waiting room with 30 chairs, while others spill out into hallways or the ambulance bay.
I recently had a phone chat with Dr. Duncan Rozario, Chief of Surgery in Oakville, Ont. He did 25 years of gruelling surgical call as a resident and then as a general surgeon.
