A health-care worker pushes a patient across a connecting bridge at a hospital in Montreal on July 14, 2022. Graham Hughes/The Canadian PressCanadian patients faced an average wait of 28.6 weeks from family doctor referral to treatment this year, the second-longest wait in more than three decades, according to a new study.The study, released on Dec. 9 by the Fraser Institute, collected data from physicians nationwide across 12 medical specialties, including several types of surgeries. It found that the median wait time for Canadian patients this year fell by 1.4 weeks from last year’s 30-week average but remains above pre-pandemic levels.
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