A study has found that most Canadians are concerned about the current health care system.<\/p>\n
The pollster Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies recently asked 1,554 adults across the country for their opinions on the state of the health care system.<\/p>\n
The Atlantic Coast, which has suffered a hospital emergency services crisis due to staff shortages in recent months, has taken the situation more seriously.\u00a0 While 86% of respondents said they were concerned about the state of the health care system, in Atlantic Yan’an, an even higher percentage (94%) felt the health system was in crisis.<\/p>\n
In the eastern region, 81% of respondents were also concerned about the quality of emergency care. On a national basis, 67% said they were worried.<\/p>\n
When asked about the overall service quality of their local health system, 54% of respondents said it was good, while 43% said it was bad.<\/p>\n
Recently, the Ontario government announced that it would significantly increase the types of surgeries that private hospitals can perform to overcome the backlog of surgeries caused by medical manpower shortages.<\/p>\n
Some medical experts objected to the plan, saying it would only benefit private hospitals without improving patient care while draining public hospitals’ resources.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 53% of survey respondents said they did not want to see further privatization of the current health care system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"