Canadian doctor Joy Hataley, a family practice anesthetist in Kingston, Ontario, told CTV News she was “shocked” after trying to refer one of her patients to a neurologist at Kingston General Hospital and was told in a letter the wait time for new patients is 4.5 years.
The outlet said that while Hataley was used to long wait times — particularly from specialists — she called the 4.5-year delay “insane.”
“Initially I was just a bit stunned,” she told CTV News Toronto on Friday. “I actually thought I misread it.”
“I put my reading glasses on — because I am that age — to check if it was a 1.5,” Hataley added. “I couldn’t fathom it was a 7.5. I walked to a physician’s room nearby me just to verify that I was actually reading 4.5.”
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