Here's a website detailing the waiting times for various procedures in Ontario.
I focused specifically on MRI's, which in the Windsor area the average waiting time is 106 days. And I suspect it's much longer for a typical weekend athlete such as myself who might tear a muscle in my shoulder.
Here across the river in the suburbs of Detroit, I can get an MRI for whatever reason within a week from at least three different facilities within 10 miles of my home..........
I can have arthroscopic surgery on my knee within two weeks at any number of hospitals within 15 miles of my home........
I can schedule a series of physical therapy sessions on my shoulder beginning within a week at at least a half dozen certified facilities within 10 miles of my house with only a prescription from my doctor.......
There is so much wrong with this article that I don't know where to begin.
I have torn the patella tendon in both knees. Each time the surgeon stressed the need to have the repair done within 2 weeks because of the tendency of the muscle (quad) to "window shade," ie. retract upward away from the joint. I assume that repair becomes more difficult if that happens or goes on too long. Both times I had surgery within 2 weeks, waiting just long enough for swelling to subside.
The wait for knee arthoscopy (and my surgeries could NOT be done by arthoscopy) averaged, around Toronto, two months.
“I focused specifically on MRI’s, which in the Windsor area the average waiting time is 106 days. And I suspect it’s much longer for a typical weekend athlete such as myself who might tear a muscle in my shoulder.”
Just had an MRI here in the States. It took 2 days from my referral, mostly to get the paperwork in and the appointment scheduled. Mine was at 8:30 at night. The place closes at midnight.
Thankfully I did get it quick - much easier to deal with the issue.