2024年,由于等待时间过长和需求增加,近300 000名安大略省急诊室病人无人照顾。 Nearly 300,000 Ontario ER patients left without care in 2024 due to long waits and rising demand.

根据蒙特利尔经济研究所的一项研究,安大略省近300,000名病人在2024年离开急诊室而得不到护理,占该省600万急诊室访问量的近5%。 Nearly 300,000 patients in Ontario left emergency rooms without receiving care in 2024, accounting for nearly 5% of the province’s six million ER visits, according to a Montreal Economic Institute study. 虽然安大略省的出行率在加拿大最低,但全国平均为7.8%,爱德华王子岛报告超过14%。 While Ontario had the lowest walkout rate in Canada, the national average was 7.8%, with Prince Edward Island reporting over 14%. 许多病人在紧急但无生命威胁的条件下离开,在等待时间很长、长达四个小时、由于人口老化和大规模保健后出现反弹而需求增加的情况下,提出了安全问题。 Many patients left with urgent but non-life-threatening conditions, raising safety concerns amid long wait times—averaging four hours—and growing demand due to an aging population and post-pandemic healthcare rebound. 政府已投资4 400万美元,用于缩短等候时间,培训护士,扩大初级保健,到2029年将每位居民与家庭医生连接起来,帮助每年减少近200 000人次的急诊检查。 The government has invested $44 million to reduce wait times, train nurses, expand primary care, and connect every resident to a family doctor by 2029, helping cut ER visits by nearly 200,000 annually. 药剂师现在治疗常见疾病,但获得护理仍然是一个挑战。 Pharmacists now treat common conditions, but access to care remains a challenge.