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Decentralized Democracy

Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
November 17, 2022 09:00AM
  • Nov/17/22 11:20:00 a.m.

My question is to the Premier.

The government can’t ignore our health care crisis any longer.

In Niagara, only 17% of patients are receiving MRIs within the provincial target times. The average wait time in Niagara is 164 days. A constituent in my community has informed my office that their 90-year-old mother, Joyce, who requires an MRI for severe back issues, will have to wait until August 2023. The Niagara community rallied to raise funds for another MRI machine. Niagara Health received funding to run the Niagara MRI machines. So why is this happening? We know that Niagara has not been spared from the provincial health care staffing crisis.

When will the Premier work with Niagara Health, address our health care staffing issues in this province, reduce our outrageous MRI wait times, repeal Bill 124—

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