Canadian Institute of Health Information (cihi) has just published data on hospital usage from start of pandemic to June 21. Emergency visits have been down ~20-30% (max 50%) during pandemic.
cihi.ca/en/covid-19-re…
cihi.ca/en/covid-19-re…
Based on these numbers, I remain puzzled as to why health system as a whole purports to have been under unimaginable stress for 2 years. COVID remains a fraction of the overall health system. Reduction in usage of rest of system much larger than demand from COVID,
unlike other service industries where usage has declined dramatically during pandemic, health services industry seems to have been fortunate enough to maintain income levels and, for some public officials, greatly increase their incomes.
and yet this is the sector where complaints are among the loudest. As a caveat: I appreciate the important service from Ontario's health services industry. I just don't understand the strident complaining from so many of its public voices.
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