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麻豆传媒映画has the fourth longest average walk-in clinic waits in Lower Mainland

Do you find that you have to wait听an extremely听long听time to see a walk-in doctor? Medimap, a free mobile app that allows patients to听get alerts about wait times at local clinics,听created an index of wait times across Canada and found that British Col
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Medimap, a free mobile app that allows patients to get alerts about wait times at local clinics, found that British Columbians experience some of the longest average wait times. Photo iStock

Do you find that you have to wait听an extremely听long听time to see a walk-in doctor?

Medimap, a free mobile app that allows patients to听get alerts about wait times at local clinics,听created an index of wait times across Canada and found that British Columbians experience some of the longest average wait times听(50 minutes). In contrast, Albertans experience some of the shortest wait times, with an average of 23 minutes.听

The Medimap Index of walk-in clinic wait times found that of the top 10 cities in Canada with the longest wait times, seven are in B.C. What's more,听four of the top 10 are located on 麻豆传媒映画Island. Of the top five cities with the highest wait times in the Lower Mainland, Maple Ridge came in at number one (91 minutes), 麻豆传媒映画came in at number four (53 minutes) and two of the Tri-Cities made the top five list.

At three hours, 麻豆传媒映画Island's Sidney听had the highest average wait time. Langford (117 minutes)听had the second longest wait, and听Victoria (92 minutes) had the third.听

Report authors note that while provincial average wait times are shorter in Alberta and Ontario, there are still communities with much higher waits. For example,听Kingston, Ontario听is averaging wait times of 77 minutes, while听Morinville,听Alberta听is experiencing average wait times of 91 minutes.

Cities with the longest average wait times across the Lower Mainland:

  1. Maple Ridge (91 minutes)
  2. Pitt Meadows (75 minutes)
  3. Coquitlam (58 minutes)
  4. 麻豆传媒映画(53 minutes)
  5. Port Moody (52 minutes)

Cities with the longest average wait times in six provinces:听

  1. Sidney, B.C. (180听minutes)
  2. Langford, B.C. (117 minutes)
  3. Victoria, B.C. (92听minutes)
  4. Morinville, AB (91听minutes)
  5. Maple Ridge, B.C. (91听minutes)
  6. Halifax, N.S. (91听minutes)
  7. Nanaimo, B.C. (82 minutes)
  8. Williams Lake, B.C. (80 minutes)
  9. Kingston, ON (77 minutes)
  10. Pitt Meadows, B.C. (75 minutes)听

According to the Commonwealth Fund Report, Canada鈥檚 health-care system ranks amongst the lowest performing countries in relation to access to care, placing third-last in the developed world.

The B.C.-based company,听which听provides wait times for about 80 per cent of the province鈥檚 walk-in clinics, gathered statistics on wait times from Nov. 1, 2018, to Oct. 31, 2019.听

- With files from the Times Colonist.听

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