CTV News writes: Ontario patients in need of urgent hip surgery are dealing with long wait times that could threaten their health, a new study finds. The report, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), examined wait times for hip fracture surgery in Ontario between 2009 and 2014 using a sample of more than 42,000 adults. The results showed that the average wait time for surgery was nearly 39 hours – much longer than the recommended “safe time frame” of 24 hours. Of the 42,000 patients sampled, just 14,000 underwent surgery within 24 hours.
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